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Novartis Seeks Partners to Make More Covid-19 Vaccines, Therapies
By Naomi Kresge and Francine Lacqua, 28 January 2021, 09:49 GMT
Novartis AG is in talks to help produce other companies’ Covid-19 vaccines or treatments, potentially adding another pharma giant’s resources to boost supply as fights over access intensify.

The company is “in conversations with a range of different players,” Chief Executive Officer Vas Narasimhan said on Bloomberg TV, with an agreement possible in the coming days or weeks. “We have production capacity across our network that we’re willing to make available,” he said, for everything from monoclonal antibodies to vaccine production.

Yes...news does IMO, "seem" very overdue?
Suspiciously quiet even, but hopefully for good reasons.

Don't forget the four long months of waiting to get the £2.7m from UKRI.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/26/astrazeneca-vaccine-may-not-be-given-to-older-people-says-eu-medicines-chief

2 x 850k!!! Huge trades indeed. Buys?
Somebody knows something either way.

Strange, still not showing on LSE?

From another site:
Trade,Time,currency,price,volume,tradeValue,type,micCode,tradeType
2021-01-25T17:07:20.477,GBX,14.5,50000,7250.0,Off-Book,AIMX,PRIC
2021-01-25T17:06:55.077,GBX,14.507, 400000,58028.000,Off-Book,AIMX,
2021-01-25T16:39:58.287,GBX,14.5, 400000,58000.0,Off-Book,AIMX,
2021-01-25T16:35:28.807,GBX,14.5, 111976,16236.52,UT,AIMX,
2021-01-25T16:32:09.357,GBX,14, 15000,2100,Off-Book,AIMX,PRIC
2021-01-25T16:29:23.767,GBX,14.44, 3393,489.9492,Off-Book,AIMX,
2021-01-25T16:11:47.857,GBX,14.44, 2770,399.988,Off-Book,AIMX,
2021-01-25T16:05:57.897,GBX,14.25, 25000,3562.50,Off-Book,AIMX,
2021-01-25T16:05:22.373,GBX,14.2, 25995,3691.29,Off-Book,AIMX,
2021-01-25T13:47:20.993,GBX,14.25, 200000,28500.00,Off-Book,AIMX,LRGS

So thats 2 x 400k, 1 x 200k, 1x 111k, and that was just at the close I think.

Buys I assume?
P.S. reminds me, we never got an RNS for that similarly sized trade a few weeks back, so a PI then?

...Perhaps. I often check on Twitter and noticed a few tweets RE Scancell or #sclp or $sclp.

https://twitter.com/AidanCornwell/status/1352646028059697152
https://twitter.com/Albert__Arthur/status/1352636534843957251
Now, none of these have a huge following but there seems to be tendancy for the small twitter pages to work in unison when the mood takes them.

But the most interesting one is this:
https://twitter.com/Chris51933639/status/1353098745278312448

Appears there's been a telegram (i.e. whatsapp alternative) chat group set up for Scancell.. and currently 141 memebers. There seems to a trend for these for aim shares in particular I think? Don't know much about this phenomenon have seen it mentioned a lot. Don't quite understand the need for a private chat group for any share?

"I used the words closely managed last week, which was to explain what you have observed. ATB"

I'm far from being any expert in the world if market makers, but yes agree with your thoughts here, been lots of small UT's of late, more than we've ever seen perhaps?

Great find cc24601. The headline on the link you sent it says:

"...Cognate BioServices, and its gene therapy division Cobra Biologics Announce Major Expansion of Manufacturing Facilities in US and Europe
The collaboration will ensure GMP production of material for the Phase 1 clinical trial of Scancell’s DNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2" !!!

Interstingly however if you click on the detailed article it does not refer Scancell again?

It may be Sanofi you are getting confused with? They have had to delay there's I think.

Apologies, that was me earlier that made the original assumption RE the newspapers.

Behind paywall but Scancell in the article:

"1 hour ago — Scancell, an Aim-listed stock, is developing a Covid vaccine that targets the ability of the virus' spike to bind to cells in the body. In the past ..."

The FT and The Times Are sister papers I think so would expect a mention there too.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/money/novacyt-and-young-biotech-companies-lead-the-way-to-recovery-w8q7ww9kc

P.S. "...systems for skin and lung-focused vaccine delivery"
Skin? Does this mean a patch of some kind?

Been mentioned before but I can't remember if Covidity was specifically mentioned before?

"The following iCASE projects are available in the School of Pharmacy: Development of an intradermal or inhaled DNA vaccine for COVID-19 and beyond - James Dixon with Scancell (SME) Intradermal and inhaled delivery of nucleic acid vaccines could be clinically effective, safe and globally-deployable against multiple complex diseases. This project will aim to combine physical and peptide-based delivery systems to enhance the efficacy and application of such technologies to the COVID-19 vaccine (‘Covidity’) presently under-development by our consortium (funded by Innovate-UK). This PhD will formulate and test combined systems for skin and lung-focused vaccine delivery in ex vivo tissue models, then move to rodent models, examining virus neutralisation, T cell responses and protection in virally challenged animals. The platform technology optimised and demonstrated will have wide ranging impact on future applications of nucleic acid vaccine approaches (including DNA, mRNA and oligo-based methods). The PhD will also directly aid attempts to translate antibody and peptide-engineering knowhow to generate a rapidly deployable and safe immunisation system for multiple complex diseases."

That last sentence is also significant IMO.

https://uk.linkedin.com/jobs/view/school-of-pharmacy-projects-mrc-impact-doctoral-training-partnership-at-university-of-nottingham-2329791865?refId=ce1c901a-54a0-4e07-9ba1-2f521797577a&trackingId=LeECCUlu8G%2FBtaDF7ZBq8A%3D%3D&trk=public_jobs_topcard_title

RE the elderly people in Norway, if this story is accurate, it's suspiciously quiet in mainstream media IMO. Surely they should investigate and hold back giving it to the very elderly in the meantime?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/portuguese-nurse-dies-vaccine/

...small trades today and yesterday. 16.50p paid for a princely 10 shares. Also, shows that it's only taking a minuscule amount of shares to swing the price back and forth? What gives?

https://twitter.com/scancellpharma

@yardstick - my apologies