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Depends how you view their LFT’s Obelix...if they provide truly comparable results to PCR then arguably competitive. The company offers PCR testing also, but in my view this could be using NCYT testing, question over ‘improved reagents’ compared to those currently in the market. I ask the question about co operation mostly because Sir Chris Evans was the founder of NCYT.

X post B2!

Just reading more into Sir Evans, Excalibur had an antigen LFT approved on 12 January, s&s claims are impressive . Could this be the new LFT test kit to be used? And what are implications of the strong link between Sir Chris and NCYT (he created it!). I assume Excalibur will at the very least be using Novacyt PCR, could Microgen be producing their LFT?

https://excaliburhealth.co.uk/news/

And the funds raised from new shares issued in the placing would go to the company, not him.

He’s selling his shares as part of a placing. ‘Estate planning’ - doesn’t sound unreasonable, he started the company in 1992. A director selling isn’t always a bad sign, they should be able to realise significant gains (without selling the whole company) if they’ve built a successful business.

I hope they aren’t going to have another excel moment and dump an extra 1000 deaths/20000 cases in again...would be so demoralising after seeing cases apparently turning the corner a bit.

Definitely going to hit eleventy billion pounds K? :)

Speaking of disappearing posters, anyone seen Pete7? Is he whingeing on another board about the share price moving downwards (he seemed convinced that his investments should only ever move up)

That looks v promising Bramley, great spot.

Agreed-it has to be the solution to mass testing when demand for PCR is clearly outstripping supply (for reasons relating to qualified manpower and reagents, if not machines and assays)

Telegraph headline claiming LFT’s detected only 3% of positive cases among students in Birmingham. Not sure how they can be sure of this - article doesn’t explain - but even we didn’t think they were that bad! https://apple.news/AGTlwxbddS8KnHCJHzkpRww

I thought it was interesting the the uk government used specific sensitivity/specificity for tests required for those coming into uk, rather than just saying PCR as others have done. Might there be LAMP tests meeting the criteria incoming?

Wow...that graph - flattening the curve in completely the wrong sense, scary.

Thank you for birthday wishes...£9 would probably be most exciting event for the day!

Happy birthday TimV! Also my birthday today.. and thought a Phase 2 RNS would be a nice present but no cigar...patience patience

Apologies for typo on name Libero!

Liberia below is a link to a speech by Matt H back in November, in which he spoke of new labs and testing. Scroll down to the section headed ‘testing capacity’ and read what he says about the future of diagnostics in the nhs. I believe that Novacyt will be deeply involved with this going forwards - remember the Q machines are not just for covid. Phase 2 of the DHSC contract would reinforce this, further embedding NCYT diagnostics within the NHS.

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/health-and-social-care-secretarys-statement-on-coronavirus-covid-19-16-november-2020

Yup, we need an exploding head emoji reading these comparisons!

When rates were high and there was little being done with regard to strict border limits I wasn’t so bothered as I could see the argument that the cost/risk was not commensurate. However with mutations we now need to get serious with much stricter limitations on who can come in and why plus obligatory quarantine in hotels, at personal cost, in the same way as Australia.

HarChris yes I think you are right re the company implementing a 60 day close period prior to results being announced, I expect that this would be viewed as ‘best practice’ to be in line with the original definition of a close period (no longer in the AIM rules). Does not preclude announcement of other psi of course.