Sharebuyers guide22 Jan 2021 23:18
Ive just stumbled upon this and yes I know we are aware of some or all of it but I thought it was a good read and highlighted a few of the things AVACTA are trying to achieve.
As part of the ShareBuyers’ going for growth series, we take a look into the growth prospects of Avacta (LON: AVCT), a specialist developer of innovative cancer therapies and diagnostics tools that has been among the best performers across the London markets this year with a gain of over 800% since the start the year.
With its diagnostics division preparing to launch a game-changing saliva-based COVID-19 rapid antigen test that can easily be used at home and read by eye – its surging share price comes as little surprise due to the immense potential to easily support frequent mass testing with the minimal of fuss and unlock the wider economy.
In the UK alone, the demand for antigen testing in the community could be as high as 100 million tests per month in the medium-term. Through our partnerships, we are looking to supply beyond just the UK market.
Alastair Smith, CEO of Avacta
Find out why Avacta Chief Executive Officer Alastair Smith feels that the business is on its way to becoming a multi-billion dollar life sciences company that can compete on the world stage with the likes of Roche-Genentech and find out how he’d pitch the business to legendary investor Warren Buffett!
Firstly, can you please tell us a bit about Avacta and its value proposition?
Avacta is developing novel cancer immunotherapies and powerful diagnostic tests, using its two proprietary platforms – Affimer® binding proteins and pre|CISIONTM tumour-targeted chemotherapy. With this approach, the Company aims to address the lack of a durable response to current immunotherapies experienced by most patients and to deliver powerful diagnostic tests for a range of conditions.
Affimer binding proteins can be generated quickly to bind to drug targets in order to develop novel therapeutic agents, and to biomarkers of disease allowing a range of diagnostic tests to be developed. Affimer proteins have technical and commercial benefits over antibodies but essentially they can be thought of as simple, robust, powerful and low cost alternatives to antibodies that can be applied in therapeutic and diagnostic markets worth in excess of $150bn.
Avacta’s proprietary pre|CISION targeted chemotherapy platform releases the active drug only in the tumour, thereby reducing systemic exposure and improving the overall safety and therapeutic potential of these powerful anti-cancer treatments. Avacta is developing these targeted chemotherapies with the longer-term goal of linking them with Affimer immunotherapies as combined treatments and drug conjugates. In simple terms, pre|CISION drugs aim to provide patients with chemotherapy without the side effects.
Avacta is in a position to help shape the future of medicine through powerful new anti-cancer treatments and diagnostics. With appropriate scale-up cap