Mistaken identity - not your average Biotech26 Apr 2024 14:06
The current sp, which I don't think anyone disagrees is very depressed, is a feature of a fear that the Company will need to do a fundraising in order to extend their Q2 '25 cash runway to get to cash flow break-even.
Investors in other healthcare stocks have been burned before by deeply discounted placings and recently there's been a number or listing cancellations from peers of ANGLE that ran out of money including the likes or RedX, ReNeuron etc
On a factual basis this isn't a like-for-like situation, why, well quite simply:
Who were the advisors/brokers on those other stocks? Small-cap commission driven houses. ANGLE has a grown up Mid-Cap broker
How many of those stocks had contracts with AstraZeneca? None
ANGLE were at 30p+ in Jan, they could have raised money then with ease if they wanted to, they didn't. So clearly they have plenty of optionality and are not panicking
They are now in-play with both EISAI and AstraZeneca where the end demand for their $1000+ kits which are required 2 or 3 times per patient will be needed for 10's of thousands of patients (do the maths)
The Company could walk into a top-tier finance house today with the credentials of EISAI and AstraZeneca and get a Rolling Credit Facility if they really wanted to, they don't have to come to equity markets if they feel their valuation isn't being truly reflected
So whilst investors are referring to the pain of previous experiences it really isn't relevant here
Finally I think its very sad that a small British quoted company like ANGLE which has an FDA approved cancer detection product being put to use by 2 global Pharma companies has people shunning it for its cash position as if it were some pie in the sky early stage niche drug development company