RE: Sunday Times mention.27 Dec 2020 18:03
Hi Matml74 - Always love your posts, direct and clear without BS (sometimes I slide into ramping !!)
A close friend of mine reviewed the lancet paper (she is a statistician). Her view was that although quite small population, the critical, and good thing that Synairgen did, was to factor into the stats model, as best possible, the variations between both groups and all variations in comorbidities. Therefore, on balance and that is why, I believe it is fantastic that the FDA/EMA/MHRA have had the opportunity to review all data to date:
The primary endpoint was the change in clinical condition using the WHO Ordinal Scale for Clinical Improvement (OSCI) during the dosing period in the intention-to-treat population (ITT).
SNG001 was shown to be well tolerated and patients who received the drug had greater odds of improvement and recovered more rapidly. Patients receiving SNG001 had greater odds of improvement across the OSCI scale (OR 2·32; 95% CI: 1·07, 5·04; p=0·033) and were more likely to recover to "no limitation of activity" during treatment (HR 2·19; 95% CI: 1·03, 4·69; p=0·043). There were three deaths in the placebo group and none in the SNG001 group.
Her view is that, the additional data sets that these agencies have at their disposal should give investors some assurance.
It has for me :-)
I think sentiment will play a part this week with the MHRA news released of vaccine from AZ. Although this should (this time around be minimal). I will not be taking the risk of day trading. This is a long term play and IMHO will reap large rewards.