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January - why sell? Isn't this just an opportunity for you to average down....?

Ah. So he is qualified to try to breathe life into a corpse then.

Have you noticed how Stach gets 7 recs when not even the regular stalwarts get that many? Presumably 'the crew' are still applauding him , trying to make it look like an 'expert' opinion when as you say, it was just so incorrect in every way. Hope nobody got suckered in on that one.

Ever known a company with a consistently rising share price to consolidate?

Freddie - just to put that trade of just over 12 million trade into context, Slater reduced his holding by 1.33 percent. That equates to just over 12 million shares.

I think you're trying to sound negative on behalf of posters who actually would welcome any advancement in science and would debate seriously anything that competes. However perhaps you didn't read the article closely enough - it contains phrases such as 'if developed further' and other conditional and slightly future-hopeful angles. Whatever the next round of technology may prove to be, the article you link to looks promising but a long way off, even if developed.

8th in the list of top recommended posters for the last 30 days. Congratulations and thanks for some good steady observations.

DA - so what he's saying is he gets inside information from an unverified source who (even if verified) has no access to inside information and hasn't had for over 3 years. This isn't twisting facts, this is twisting fantasy, but you have him sussed anyway, as does everyone else here.

I think I'm right in saying that there is no way of knowing how many NDA's a company has on the go, because they are confidential. Unless there is some public register available, which somehow I doubt. So any stab at how many are on the go is futile in the extreme.

My late brother had a question which was 'what's the difference between a Non-executive Director and a shopping trolley?' The answer - a shopping trolley has a mind of its own, but you can get more booze into a non-executive Director. Pleased to say the NED situation is much more professional than when that joke first appeared.

A couple of things from the Proactive interview with Martin Diggle - He mentions that after looking with interest at Scancell since around 2013, their due diligence has gone on for at least the last 12 months in all aspects of the company, and that they looked at 25 to 25 other companies. That's a pretty exhaustive and rigorous selection procedure they have put Scancell through before committing. He describes Scancell (out of those they scrutinised) as 'the most fascinating and potentially the most rewarding investment.' That's entirely unambiguous. Given his track record I would suggest his ability to spot a good investment may well be slightly higher than those with whom one rubs shoulders on a bulletin board.
Also interesting that his modus operandi is to take between 15 and 25 percent stakes in the companies they go into, so this leaves some headroom for further investment in Scancell if funds were needed - potentially at least.
I particularly like his very spontaneous reply when the interviewer questions him about his quote that Scancell has been 'overlooked to some degree by the investment community', and before he has even finished the sentence, Diggle says 'Absolutely.' No qualification, no pause for thought before answering. A lot of these interviews can sound a bit wooden or scripted, but this one most certainly did not. Like LD's and CH's natural styles when talking about the science or the business, Diggle seemed entirely confident in having signed a cheque for almost four million quid into a small bio.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48706822 CAR-T getting promoted, but the complexity of manufacture, cost, side effects and 40 percent success makes reading it alongside an awareness of scancell's science an interesting comparison.

Was today's RNS written by someone who failed English GCSE? It says '..... the appointment of a Principle Investigator to the clinical team.'
Do they mean 'Principal', so have actually picked the wrong word, or does it actually mean they are having the principles of the trial investigated?

'Rarely' said Eeyore 'is a deadline met.'
'Oh' said Christopher Robin, 'You think they'll miss the deadline on this then?'
'No', said Eeyore, 'I didn't say that.'
'So you think they will meet it?'
'No, I didn't say that' replied the donkey as he stared glumly at his reflection in the pond.
'So what do you think?' asked Christopher Robin.
'I'll tell you what I was thinking when it happens' said Eeyore. 'Because then I'll be right.'
from 'Blue days and absent donkeys' by A.A. Milne.

There could be a big percentage held by Elvis Presley and Lord Lucan in a joint offshore account too.

Sounds like my honeymoon was.

The Directors’ holding are as follows: 7,152,239 0.95%

Not with GM's appetite for travel and high fashion shell suits they can't. Not to mention the bonuses they all seem to qualify for. What do they have to do NOT to get the bonus I wonder?

It said in last week's 'it is proposed that Martin Diggle of Vulpes is appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director.' Good to see things happening quickly - let's hope the science can speed up now as well!

ii holdings and their relative proportions aren't something drac is familiar with on his favourite share.