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"What £100 ?"

£10k. A bottle or two of Chateau Musar with the steaks tonight...

"Yes but how much £50?"

Nope - bigger.... :-)

Although not the top prize. :-(

... it started with me getting an email from National Savings & Investments. The Premium Bonds I've held for years have finally paid out!

"Thanks regulatoruk.....aa I said.. exciting times ahead for all involved..."

Particularly now that the OptiGene Direct RT-Lamp tests have been shown to be bloody useless! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/05/operation-moonshot-rapid-covid-test-missed-over-50-of-cases-in-pilot

That also opens up the airport market again, as Heathrow had opted for OptiGene.

"I can only find a note dating back to 11th Jan 2017 surely that’s way out of date???"

If you register with finnCap then you can access the more up to date research notes. There's also a list on the ODX web-site: https://www.omegadiagnostics.com/Investor-Relations/finnCap-Research

But these are research notes - they're nothing to do with the ODX market rating.

"This is excellent.. thank you

I am trying to see where omega may have won any contracts and any idea where there could be a site highlighting foreign covid contracts as well?"

ODX will not be listed in the Bidstats database, as it will only list the lead organisation in a consortium - and that's not ODX.

Where these procurement databases exists (other than in the EU) they are done on a national basis - so you'd have to look at each country to see what they're buying.

For EU countries, there is a central publications system (the EU Official Journal) for certain types of procurments.

"I think we should start lobbying Finncap to re-rate ODX"

Err... I think you might find the market has something to say about that...

"Following these transactions, Paul Ryan's shareholding in the Company will increase to 67,593,249 shares in the Company, representing 4.41% per cent. of the enlarged issued share capital and total voting rights of the Company.

So he hasn’t sold any according to rns,actually his holding is increased."

No, that's not what the RNS said:

- he sold one tranche of ordinary shares (-12,821,995)*
- he converted a loan and interest into shares (+12,824,042)
- he exercised a warrant and got shares: (+12,618,928)

The shares added exceeded the share sold so his holding has grown. It's basic maths.

*These would already have been admitted and could be traded. .

"1st test gives probability of Covid active....if showing positive second test confirms......using latest technology.....sounds exciting.....as its lateral flow."

Those are the rapid antigen tests that have been approved (details here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/assessment-and-procurement-of-coronavirus-covid-19-tests/lateral-flow-devices-results ). If a rapid test test shows positive, then a second sample will be taken for molecular testing and confirmation of the rapid test.

"And maybe the UK RTC will do Antibody test and Mologic Antigen - more able to meet capacity that way and the whole lot through CIGA - then the framework agreement would make sense not showing ODX individually"

The UK-RTC will not be producing the Mologic antigen test. Mologic may decide to enter into MTAs with one or more members of the UK-RTC to produce the anitgen test (ODX being one of these) but it won't be entering an agreement with the UK-RTC itself.

Government framework agreements will, for consortia, normally show just one lead party (or, if it's a qualification framework where subsequent orders will be subject to further procurement processes, it will name qualified lead providers) - they don't list all the parties in a consortium.

"It is a stock photo and not an actual test picture so it can't be identified . this has been done on purpose."

Yep - you are correct. I've dropped my colleagues at ELHT an email to see if they'll tell me which test it is.

It’s LumeraDX. It’s antigen testing that requires specialist equipment, and doesn’t actually increase capacity that much....

...but it goes ‘beep’ and is therefore attractive to the gadget obsessed twat we have as Secretary of State for Health. I thought the Scots would be more discerning.

"Is the briefing a closed meeting. Can we view it?"

It's a closed meeting... but anything of potential interest will end up in the HSJ.

NHS England due to provide briefing to providers about testing processes for coming weeks. This could be interesting...

I bought some this morning at 2.98 - but that still only makes my average 1.41 :-)

"You need to figure out whether you're Arthur or Martha and stick to it"

He's only Martha at weekends and holidays...

It would be rude not to.

*Digs out NHS ID from bottom of desk drawer*

Time to walk the dog and grab a few bits from the shop... no time for queuing.

"Imagine for one minute that there was enough capacity from ODX and others, so that every day everyone in the country could test themselves at home before even leaving the house.
The isolate along with their cohabitants for 14 days if they test positive otherwise they crack on with their day until the morning at which point they take another home test."

You're assuming that people would be honest and consistent... experience suggests otherwise.

"If that was possible, then in conjunction with airport, ferry testing etc... the UK would be completely rid of the coronavirus within about a month & life just carries on as normal. That's surely got to be the goal of the government as opposed to just testing until a vaccine comes out? 70m tests per day though, would need some SERIOUS upscaling to achieve but is it impossible if all with a satisfactory test work together?"

It would take more than a month to get rid of coronavirus - and we'll only really be rid of it once the world is rid of it. Until then, the risk will always exist that it would reappear.

To be fair (and somewhat venal) the longer it goes on, the better for those with Covid-related stocks...

"ok you know best,

"The lateral flow test has a PPA of 89.9% at 95% confidence interval."

I wonder if he dreamed this information up? and if he did perhaps you would like to enlighten us to the correct values?"

The test being used in Blackburn is the Innova Rapid Antigen LFT. The data around the S&S is published (e.g. here: https://cdn.website-editor.net/6f54caea7c6f4adfba8399428f3c0b0c/files/uploaded/Innova-SARS-Cov-2-Antigen-test-IFU.pdf ) - and what is being quoted is not correct.