RE: SNG Stockpiling26 Jan 2022 14:06
Some great responses (with vast majority constructive). As @Manifesto has put it with respect to SNG private investors, "...Investors are too well informed to be influenced by them". Completely agree. This is one of the best informed boards I've come across, thanks to many of the seasoned posters and the new and has been so for long time.
Keeping my previous caveats in place. I thought I'd put some thoughts together. As we know our focus is strongly on the US [1], which has a strategy to stockpile for future variants and new pandemics, with analysts stating a stockpiling strategy of 5-10% of the total population as being reasonable. Which would equate to > 48-93m units (US: 16.5-30m units, EU: 22.5-45m, UK: 3-6m, Japan: 6-12m + many other countries). Demand would outstrip supply and 100,000 units just wouldn't be sufficient. Even if we give a lead time of approx. 10 months, this just wouldn't be enough.
A 100,000 units for the US market alone would imply 1m unit production (i.e. 3-6% of the actual requirements). 1 million unit/m scaleup could potentially reach a 66% of the US demand. Demand from other countries in this equation would become a huge scale-up effort on part of SNG.
One poster (upupandawaybby) pointed out that: Analyst estimates used sales of 250,000 treatments per month i.e. 3 million a year for target SP of £75. This is indeed a very good point. Of course, we go with a one step at a time strategy, looking forward to the results.
1. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/biden-looks-to-invest-30-billion-in-preventing-future-pandemics