RE: Conundrum28 Apr 2025 12:11
"Avct has a potentially blockbuster platform here, worth multi-Bns, but at what point does that tip into the right risk/reward profile for BP? That is hopefully a question which gets addressed soon, but is the biggest risk here for me."
Hi FP, I think that is a very fair concern and I also think gets to the most common sense of frustration here.
My worry is why haven't BP acted sooner? Basically what are they waiting for. Is it more data? and specifically the P1b dataset? in which case that does not imply P1a has done what it set out to do (safety), but this was never BP's focus.
I think that is probably the case. What it then makes me think is why the extra 3 increased doses were insisted on. I think AS knew exactly the catastrophic effect it would have on cash runway and everything stems from this. This, it feels to me, is being exacerbated by shifting the focus to Exotecan, while there is still some time yet to go on P1b, particularly as it now seems it is being rushed up into starting the first trial early next year.
So, is it because they know what they have so push for the best chemo drug available (exotecan) and don't waste any more time or money on AVA6k, or is it because AVA6k has not been as effective or predictable as expected?
fwiw, I think AVCT realise that they can't keep going to the market for money and they have very limited options now. My guess, and thats all it is, that after this many RI, they have maybe one left which has to get as far at least as having Exotecan proved to be effective with AVCT tech. (Trouble is being such a dangerous drug we are going to have safety trials first I think, which adds to the cost & time and therefore the potential dilution for shareholders. Hence floating a ND listing.
It "feels" to me as though this will on balance work, I just can't see confidently enough yet, what path will be taken for it to be commercially available. And whichever path is revealed will again, I think have huge impacts to LTH's reward.
It really is, or seems to be, about the money.
Assuming the tech works, ie it allows better outcomes then currently available then its back to money.
Being forced to sell now for a relatively small amount because of the costs of raising sufficient funds to keep the ball rolling for up to the next 5 years, or a raise of sufficient standing so that funding issues really do take a back seat.