IQAI6 Aug 2020 08:48
Sale or partnership process basically kicked off when Stone Checker got US FDA approval in Sept, addition to European CE mark and now Korean FDA approval. US FDA, like Korea, should lead to China quite quickly.
On 19 June, which was a major day for IB Neuro (other main subsidiary) being recognised as the National Standard for use in high grade brain tumors, Trevor stated the process of finding a buyer had recommenced with 2 parties.
Now on 05 August, an LOI signed with "a major international group wishing to buy Stonechecker for cash and royalties". My view, this a major equipment manufacturer that wants to integrate the software.
In the US alone, 600k ppl get kidney stones per year. Shockwave therapy kit costs $1m and each round of treatment $13k, which fail 29%, amounting to $2.3bn. The software is also now being sold across Europe and Korea.
When US FDA was granted, David Smith identified one Chicago clinic that treated 208 patients in one year with shockwaves, so mooted a $120k pa per clinic subscription model.
IQ-AI has nil debt, ended 2019 with c.£870k cash, raised another £90k in Jan and signed a new deal with AI Metrics as contract manufacturer.
In June, IB was awarded a$2.57m 5-yr grant so it's got plenty of funding for IB.
It is also developing IB Strokes leveraging the existing technology, which has COVID application. Even younger groups that show no meaningful respiratory symptoms are suffering strokes as a result of COVID.
Chief Exec owns 30% of IQ-AI and another director over 6%. Paultry market cap of £7m. No idea how MMs could walk it down, but they did. It's cheap, very cheap.
Lets see how many times we hit NT again.