Latest position and placing2 Jul 2020 17:32
First came the tests, then came the design freeze and validation internally, now comes the government approvals and validations.
After validation comes orders, antigen, antibody tests both lateral and lab based being issued
Odx work with distributors. Honestly do you not think they listen and talk to their distributors all the time to sense check and understand potential volumes and the future?
Indian, chinese, Brazilian RTC all feeding back potential numbers and time scales
The placing was needed in order to increase capacity in advance of customers orders, some suggested using profits founded from Covid, suggest that would have taken too long and too late
They’ve ordered the kit, as orders come through capacity increases. Some governments won’t work with companies that aren’t capable enough or have volume. Shipping 10,000 Elisa to India every week might be no way near enough
Build the plant whilst getting approvals and validations including public health England. When lateral and Elisa approved this opens a huge market and home and abroad
One government could buy out the capacity of Odx, population numbers, regions, disposable income in some developing nations could order all Odx tests easily. It may come down to who wants what and orders first
Government is preparing for winter, they will want huge numbers of tests around them of all types to distinguish between Covid and flu, lateral flow given also to doctors
Huge six months