Proactive Interview today18 Apr 2018 16:41
In this latest interview, starting around 3:45 in, CH was asked if Scancell had had any payment from Biontech and his reply was as follows � �No, that is a research collaboration, there is a commercial option, and that commercial option will � may be taken up at the end of the research collaboration so that would be erm again the research collaboration is ongoing so at this point in time you know it is just a research collaboration with that commercial option should that Biontech decide to take that.�
I didn�t hear a timescale mentioned on the research collaboration, but I distinctly heard �when� (in respect of Biontech taking up their commercial option) followed by a correction to �if�, followed by what seems to me like a bit of fluffing (in the non-film sense) as if he knows something about how this collaboration is going to end (commercially) that he almost let slip but then realised it. I mean given that I would not describe a placing as �left field�, an announcement of a commercial tie up with Biontech would fit that description a lot better.
Anyone else like to have a listen and see what you think?