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I don't have any problem buying 2500 at 202p or 5000 at 199.975 at the moment. I use Charles Stanley... Screen says 244k shares traded so far today.

The Department of Health has chosen Omega Diagnostics, SureScreen and Global Access Diagnostics to produce up to 2m lateral flow devices (LFDs) per day for the UK, according to two people briefed on the decision. In a separate development on Sunday the government announced that SureScreen would supply 20m tests on top of another 2m it procured from the Derby-based company last month.

Will get the SP off to a good start this week....

Avacta's Diagnostics Division works with partners world-wide to develop bespoke Affimer reagents for third party products. The Company is also developing an in-house pipeline of Affimer-based diagnostic assays including the AffiDXTM SARS-CoV-2 Lateral Flow Rapid Antigen Test and a BAMSTM SARS-CoV-2 Assay in partnership with Adeptrix Inc.

FDA just approved Ellume’s mid-turbinate nasal swab Covid-19 home test. Antigen test correctly identified 96 per cent of positive samples and 100 per cent of negative samples in individuals with symptoms. In people without symptoms, the test correctly identified 91 per cent of positive samples and 96 per cent of negative samples.
https://www.ellumehealth.com/products/consumer-products/covid-home-test
Small print says “Not available in Australia” on another page.
A blue-tooth connection to a phone is required to get the result. Interesting…

Which vaccine?

Student?

Apologies if this has been published here before. A month old but some interesting observations about test methods and bias as well as a view of the usefuleness of the abc-19 from Abingdon.
https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4262

Red, Your wishful thinking may hold true but the reputation of the inferior products in use today will not help when bringing a better mousetrap to market.

Oftinhipe? Might be considered an insult.... swabs at dawn? Name your second, sir.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/943187/S0925_Innova_Lateral_Flow_SARS-CoV-2_Antigen_test_accuracy.pdf

"Aim: To compare the classifications made using military supervised self -administered swabs with LFT made on site, vs those obtained by the same asymptomatic person using a second self-administered swab and assayed by a second LFT and reverse transcribed quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) at a DHSC designated quality assurance (QA) laboratory and then investigate the associationbetween LFT prediction and cycle threshold (Ct) values from a PCR test."

Sage released research on Friday by the University of Liverpool which found that the Innova lateral flow test picked up 48.89 per cent of active infections. The study involved 3,199 patients.

There is no information about how the tests were administered, unfortunately.

14:50 153 500,000 Unknown
Unusual in todays trades. Mostly AT and ALGO. I was not able to find any references to the RN contract.

Some commercial pricing info and details of competitor products. FYI
https://www.thegreenoffice.co.uk/covid-19-testing-kits/panodyne-sars-cov-2-antigen-rapid-test
There are several products at the bottom of the page and links to other sites.

One of the endearing features of the Charles Stanley portfolio is a tendency to jumble some numbers, leaving one ecstatic or devastated for a moment. Today's gem:-
Qty Tax Cost Mkt Value Gain % increase........Bid price
AVACTA GROUP ORD GBP0.10 nK nk 371,840.00 349,961.50 1599.57%.........2,324.00

Dream on

VanV - Saliva tests were being publically disparaged several weeks ago. If they had already made progress with this nasal test version at that time then they should have come out with a statement. Disappointing...

I saw some comments beneath the video which reflect concerns about the lack of timely information on the change of tack. Having just had a swabbing for a PCR test I think a reliable anterior nasal approach would be much more acceptable. Why on earth did AVCT not publicise this? It is a positive.

"CE marking is an administrative marking that indicates conformity with health, safety, and environmental protection standards for products sold within the European Economic Area (EEA). " It may be well regarded in some countries outside the EEA but most have their own requirements which differ slightly in one way or another. Certainly the US does not recognise CE. One would need some FDA approval there. If electrical then FCC and UL requirements must be satisfied.

I saw this earlier today.
https://avacta.wistia.com/medias/30w6vgnvmg
I am puzzled as to why it was not referenced in the RNS or elsewhere on the site since it is dated 23 Nov. Perhaps the readers here did not review the midnight content! Enjoy...

The tender was re-issued with a closing date of 25 November. Unlikely to be connected to this rise.

I use Charles Stanley - was the least expensive when I was looking a few years ago. It did not seem to have any problems over the last few days. Best features are live share prices and trades displays. You can watch AVCT decline in real time!

Interesting day. Whacked by AVCT but also G4M, OCDO and HOC. Mitigation from IAG, SSON and surprisingly MGGT. So an uncertain imminence of vaccine means we all stop being at home and buying on internet, then start flying again so lots of pilots need oxygen masks. HOC connection beyond me.
I have an orchestrated feeling about all this. Common sense could say nothing has changed today. Nothing much will change in the next few months unless people enjoy periods of quarantine at either end of their journeys and y’all return to supermarket shopping. I anticipate a rebalancing over the next few days and if AVCT customers win a tender next week then quids in again.