Listen and learn6 Apr 2024 14:59
Watched the presentation again and feeling better than i did on first viewing. Some good points and some bad.
Regarding the Q about taking the company private, on reflection I think Cheek is slightly exasperated by the Q and shows his disdain by simply saying he doesn't want to comment on it. Good.
FDA for CYP2C19 will not achieve sales or revenue in the US until start of 2027. Bad.
More hospitals coming on line with AIHL, albeit slower than we would like. Revenue now coming in from EU and set to increase here at home. Good.
AIHL requires yet more evidence for NICE Full recommendation. Tedious but now not that far off. Revenue from AIHL will slowly increase anyway until we get that green FULL light.
Seems to me Gino didn't completely get the question about CYP2C19 receiving Full recommendation in July. He said yes but I actually think he was confused and said he sees no reason why it should change - I think he was thinking 'FINAL' recommendation. I'd like it to be FULL but can't see for the life of me why the stroke test would be able to circumnavigate all the data gathering evidence saga that has beset AIHL test.
FDA partner to be announced soon once they've signed on the dotted line. This was the scenario last Dec so nothing imv has changed on this and I suspect it revolves around funding being sorted.
We need the raise to be done asap - great that retail investors can participate - so the FDA partner finally commits. Are we in a chicken and egg scenario? Cheek needs a funder to see more confidence and less volatility in the sp to bring them on side but we need some more good news in order to provide that liquidity and sentiment.
Let's see if the two new hospitals taking AIHL are biggies. If they happen to be London ones then so much the better. That will help the sp. Clarification on whether or not CYP2C19 is due for FULL recommendation in July. If that was confirmed that would help too. Significantly. Then the FDA partner might come on board. Even better.
Personally a traditional placing would be great and much better than relying on further drawdowns from RF. Great to hear the BODs clear on their preference NOT to request more funds from RF but in the event it's really needed it's there. Ticks all round.
At the end Cheek says the company is in an excellent position - in a 'brilliant' place. I think he's right but there are two elephants in the room still lurking. Firstly, funding. We are ALL bored of hearing about it and talking about it now so Cheek has to get this sorted as top priority. If at 5p then that's really not so bad. At 4p I think even more retail will take it up. RF will sell their warrants at just over 10p unless the news flow improves hugely and is overwhelmingly positive. Personally I hope he goes for about £3m or £4m offering retail as much as they want. That would see us through to the point where sales of AIHL in the UK and EU and ME, together with a tax R & D rebate, cover annual costs.