Rah on Twitter30 Jun 2024 11:21
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The market continues to misunderstand what #AVCT has achieved, what they’re trying to do and the impact of their breakthrough.
The company is viewed as ‘just another biotech’. A view which sums up just about everything which is wrong with AIM. But we can’t blame only AIM for that. Well managed companies rarely blame their index.
To fill the gaps in understanding what the company is actually seeking to do, people point to charts (and anything else) which they feel offers some insight into explaining why the market does not see what a relatively small group of shareholders is very excited about.
I was speaking to someone on Saturday. A lot of money invested in the market. Knows of AVCT. Knows roughly what they’re seeking to do. Knows I like the company. Rolled her eyes as soon as I mentioned the AGM. Perennially letting the market down was her line. She doesn’t know the company (in detail). Just that it’s another cash hungry biotech which has let retail down to date and placed at a massive discount.
She knows enough to realise management has changed but doesn’t understand the significance of harnessing FAP. That’s part of the issue, you have to be so close to AVCT (the nuance of personnel changes, the CLN, the deals, the history etc) to even begin to understand why the company is down here and truly appreciate its potential.
Conventional therapeutic approaches have predominantly focused on tumor cells.
We know that the stroma, a critical component of the tumor microenvironment, plays a vital role in cancer development and progression.
The tumor stroma is composed of many components in the tumor tissue, including cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs).
CAFs are the most important drivers of stromal interactions which can lead to tissue remodelling, disease progression, metastasis, modulating the immune response, and treatment resistance formation. We kill CAFs.
A key aspect of CAF development is fibroblast activation protein (FAP).
Generally, FAP is overexpressed on the CAFs of over 90% of epithelial tumors such as breast, colorectal, head and neck, lung, ovarian, and pancreatic adenocarcinomas.
Owing to limited FAP expression in normal tissues, it has been identified as a “pan-tumoral” target for targeted therapy of cancer. ‘Molecule of the century’ as many have termed it.
Many have tried and failed to harness FAP.
It’s nothing like taking a new drug through clinic. It’s been said a thousand time but the market does not get it: successfully targeting such a valuable molecule (FAP) is a new frontier in oncology. It’s why the CEO is so excited.
AVCT has never previously been able to sustain any gains made through a combination of the CLN and lack of clarity around strategy.
The first is on its way out. The second now exists: prepare to go all the way and see who breaks cover first.