RE: Ok1 Mar 2024 01:37
1st, NO LTHer is happy here.
However if this had been 6p+ as it SHOULD have been would anyone be moaning? No, we all know why 6p ended up being impossible, 2p is where we landed.
Genuinely surprised NOT to see Prevail making a strategic investment here, no point in speculation why, called that wrong and really want to know why, I would want Vlad to answer this in interview.
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Vlad did a placing at 2p, its done. At present HEMO-CAR-T is not for sale, Vlad has made this clear in the past he will not sell on the cheap, he believes it will work and believes true value can only be achieved once he has proven it works.
https://legendbiotech.com/legend-news/legend-biotech-announces-exclusive-global-license-agreement-for-certain-car-t-therapies-targeting-dll3/ - 100m up front and upto 1bn including milestones, LB2102 is not yet in Phase 1, other potential CAR-T treatments.
https://www.jnj.com/media-center/press-releases/janssen-enters-worldwide-collaboration-and-license-agreement-with-cellular-biomedicine-group-to-develop-next-generation-car-t-therapies - $245mil up front + additional unspecified payments - some Phase 1 results PHASE 1 NOT COMPLETE, LICENCED WITH PARTIAL Phase 1 Results
That is 2 most recent phase 1/pre result CAR-T licencing deals I could find, Licenced EXTREMELY early.
So when people want to beach and moan about poor management they really should consider the fact that the dilution today was 15%.......... Not 50% or 100%. It was only 15%! HOWEVER it is enough to get CAR-T into patients and get results, if it works? Vlad will probably licence as soon as possible as stated in previous interviews.
Hemo have their own Clean rooms, they have the Lentivirus, they have ALOT of practice producing HEMO-CAR-T, they have a hospital lined up for trials and now they have the money to pay any expenses associated.
So how long until Vlad gets to this point? There is no statutory waiting period, mRNA-1273 went from IND approval to first patient dosed in 11 days, that was for covid so there was a massive push. AMG 510, a bispecific T-cell engager had PRE-IND meeting on August 30, 2019 and dosed the first patient in September 2019, Pre-IND, IND and started trials IN ONE MONTH. These are extreme examples, but point is there is no minimum delay.
It looks like there is no big pharma involved to introduce red-tape, and as per that SP Angel interview the FDA are likely to grant some sort of NDA approval if there is any efficiency and the can do so after a few dozen patients IF we get that far before licencing.
This share SHOULD have re-rated already, there is no comparable company, clinical with CAR-T for oncology in human trails, ZERO debt, 100% ownership anywhere even remotely close to this mCap. What news do we need to cause a re-rate from here? NOTHING! We have had the news, we just had massive SP suppression when it landed! Shorters won, they got their low price, now? they move on to the next victim.