RE: Big orders coming11 Nov 2020 22:15
I honestly don’t think the market truly grasps the shear scale of demand for tests v supply. We have already been told that the government is aiming for sovereign supply.
One thing we know is this test is coming. For Abbington to contractually agree to reserve a proportion of its capacity towards a test, they need to have every confidence that the test they are going to make will come to fruition and deliver total demand if required. That’s some commitment on Abbingtons behalf.
Completion of the batches which would of been internally validated before the approval process takes place will light a match under this company, we simply have too many pieces of the puzzle for it not to all fit.
Essentially the UK will take anything the sovereign suppliers can produce. Prove the concept of mass testing in the UK and the demand from abroad will be mind blowing.
Tests will work in conjunction with the vaccines, as new vaccines come on stream, the capacity of those being able to administer remains a relative constant. Throwing money at the virus and we will beat it.
But the path of global immunity will take time to reach the 60/70% global population threshold.