Threats and Opportunities2 Apr 2024 20:34
Evening all investors. I think we all knew the WRAP would be oversubscribed, and the calls for why we didn't do this before are warrented. I think this still goes back to the MHRA as to the main reason for the threats on the financials - I think the BoD had high confidence in that being approved, if you recall - we paid trial design "experts" for months and I'm sure John knows his way aorund the MHRA as he does with the patent board, for those that have seen the patent discussions from years back will remeber the level of competence John portrayed, in the end - winning the argument for compound differentiation (if my memory is correct).
The opportunity was (IMO) lined up, get the MHRA approval (Nailed On, so it seemed), then do the placing of shares in the multple of Β£'s. Everyone is a winner and the board would have been the best thing since sliced bread.
Albeit, that's not how it played out for unknown reasons, potentially one of the scenario's I've read below, I'm sure Sareum still don't know. But in the world of multi-billion pound deals nothing is off the table.
So the treat to finanacing continued as we seen it play out until today when I now believe we have enough to move forward with a level of confidence in the product and a shift to a Phase 2a approach. To enable the rich to get richer it's now at 10p - I don't expect it to be here for long - we are now in the opportunity phase again with the next threat being that of poor P1a top line data, hopefully the nailed on presumptions are correct this time around.
The levels of opportunity now exist on both sides, investors to make money and the BoD to rescue their credability and competence to run this into a high value license deal. I do believe Tim and John should take a pay cut until a license is agreed. I also believe Parker is on his last chance with shareholders and HNWI's. I think once a license is signed for SDC-1801 then Sareum should buyback a substantial amount of the shares until a takeover is completed. It's at that point when the takeover happens for 100+% premium on the SP, with the opportunities mentioned above and the reduced levels of threat then I think we can get back to a market cap of Β£300million+ pre-takeover. No failures or delays in SDC-1801 to date and I don't anticipate any, the only failure was the finance, as mentioned above.
I'm not convinced on using new capital for SDC-1802 at the moment though. Need more substance than the usual lines of translational studies, unless a clear pathway can be communicated with shareholders.
Good luck to all genuine investors.