Akers Biosciences Share Discussion Threads

[norbus] 14/7/2017 09:02

Another "Scheiber" special ; A funding round at 50p

[norbus] 19/6/2017 08:48

Never mind the well, the water table has sunk

[mcmather] 16/6/2017 16:21

The well must be close to drying?

[norbus] 09/6/2017 10:05

A Rabbit a day by the looks of things

[norbus] 08/6/2017 09:42

Another rabbit gone

[algernon2] 07/6/2017 11:16

It's "Watership Down" all over again. A dark story with a limited happy ending.How many more Rabbits must die before this saga is over?

[norbus] 07/6/2017 07:18

I repeat, they are in the wrong business and should be breeding rabbits.
If this were a Cat, it'd be thoroughly dead by now

[mcmather] 06/6/2017 23:22

That might be his forte; he said last summer that they hoped to have agreements for the PIFA Heparin tests in place with IDNs (Integrated Delivery Networks) by the end of 2016. They got a trial / agreement with GNYHA (300 hospitals) and they appear to have no concerns with the device other than they don't appear interested in buying it; sales of the device in the US were up but by less than 1% in Q1 2017.

Cash burn for Q1 averaged $121k per week although that was said to be above average / target for some reason given.

There's been no news since the results, albeit, they are scheduled to ship the first batch of Tri-Cholesterol in June 2017....

[norbus] 05/6/2017 16:34

Tiddly winks?

[mcmather] 05/6/2017 15:29

Has Gormally hit it out of the park Wally-esque 'yet'?

[norbus] 19/5/2017 12:45

Steep drop in share price . Wally might have done better breeding rabbits

[mcmather] 16/5/2017 15:55

'usage' of PIFA HIT in the US increased by "less than 1%"!

They're still working on the 'agreement' with GNYHA, Chlamydia won't be till July 2017 at the earliest with the Tri-Cholesterol not shipped until "early June 2017".

He's not quite King Wally but the end result is pretty much the same.

[norbus] 16/5/2017 15:07

Sunning interest post results. 32 shares traded.

[norbus] 16/5/2017 15:04

Wally had better look for another milk cow

[mcmather] 16/5/2017 08:13

Wally II?

PIFA HIT revenue up just 2.3% on the previous quarter; pre the significant price increase this equates to PIFA HIT product revenue of around $1.2m per year which is about where they were nearly a decade ago...

This from the results for 2016; "We continued to see strong evidence during 2016 of growing demand for our PIFA Heparin PF/4 Rapid Assay products. This is reflected in an uplift in sales for these products of 85% in the period. We believe it is a notable achievement to have successfully implemented our evidence-based outcome proposition that supported our pricing for our PIFA Heparin PF/4 Rapid Assay within the market. This fact speaks volumes about our branded flagship offering that has the ability to provide significant savings for hospitals through the implementation of our test for platelet factor four antibodies. Our strategy to focus on integrated delivery networks and group purchasing organizations in the U.S. is gaining traction, as demonstrated in the three-year agreement announced with the GNYHA Services in December 2016 to introduce our tests across their network of over 300 member hospitals and health systems"...

2.3% increase does not inspire confidence in terms of how the product is perceived in the US and which then creates concern re whether others will be compelled / interested to buy the device.

[mcmather] 15/5/2017 23:35

Interesting day tomorrow; the HIT trial with GNYHA was seemingly given the green light in Jan 2017 following the trial with 5 institutions (which apparently represents just north of a third of the 300 hospitals under GNYHA) and which led to the Puerto Rica 'extension' in April 2017. What will US revenue be for PIFA HIT for Q1 2017?

[mcmather] 27/4/2017 16:39

Defo not newsworthy but wise to have in place prior to pr campaign and reference to "initially of oxicheck" might be of interest.

[mcmather] 24/4/2017 16:19

Initial thought is the news is nothing. But when you think about the target market here, the number of homes the programme will be run and women / mobile phones / talking about 'health' / being able to show each other their results on their phones when they meet up, etc??

[rivaldo] 24/4/2017 15:16

News from the USA (not released yet on RNS) - the US price is up above $2:



"Akers Biosciences Updates on Akers Wellness(TM) Tests
April 24, 2017

THOROFARE, NJ--(Marketwired - Apr 24, 2017) - Akers Biosciences, Inc. ( NASDAQ : AKER ) ( AIM : AKR.L ) ("Akers Bio" or the "Company"), a developer of rapid health information technologies, announces that the Akers Wellness™ app, which enables users to track the results of Akers Wellness™ breath-based tests via their mobile device, has been approved by the Apple App Store and is now available for download on iOS devices. The Akers Wellness™ app has until now only been available for android devices on the Google Play Store.

The app works in conjunction with BreathScan Lync™, the new bluetooth-enabled reading device from Akers Wellness™, and disposable breath-based test cartridges, to help promote, track and/or encourage choices related to general health and wellbeing.

The iOS compatibility is a significant step in the commercialization of Akers Wellness™ tests due to the dominance of iOS devices in the mobile device market. A key target in the Company's marketing strategy is the multilevel marketing nutraceutical suppliers. The Company believes iOS compatibility is critical to the success in this market and will now rapidly proceed to market to this industry.

The first commercialized Akers Wellness™ breath test is BreathScan OxiChek™, the first disposable breath test to rapidly determine levels of oxidative stress in the body by measuring the levels of certain abundant free radicals. Unlike current laboratory testing methods that test only a few free radicals using an invasive blood draw -- and have a turnaround time of 7 to 10 days -- Akers Bio's rapid OxiChek™ test detects a broad spectrum of free radicals contained in a person's exhaled breath in just a few minutes. Frequent use of OxiChek™ may help health practitioners to monitor and adjust their clients' regimen of nutritional supplementation in order to manage oxidative stress -- an indicator of the overall health and wellbeing of a person.

A highly successful clinical trial of OxiChek™ carried out in 2016 demonstrated a correlation between OxiChek™ and the standard reference laboratory blood testing method (TBARS) of 99.5%.

OxiChek™ is now commercialized and selling through the Company's distributor, Aero-Med, to anti-aging, functional and integrative health and wellness treatment practitioners in the US. The Company is also ramping up marketing initiatives of OxiChek™ to professionals through enhanced e-commerce and social media platforms.

In addition to targeting professionals, Akers Wellness™ intends to start marketing OxiChek™ through direct-to-consumer channels this year. This will include a television marketing campaign through the popular Balancing Act national television show on the Lifetime network. Balancing Act is America's premier morning show that introduces positive solutions to busy, on-the-go modern women. Akers Wellness™ has completed filming of the program, which will be aired multiple times on Lifetime this quarter and syndicated to approximately 200 affiliates. This marketing initiative is targeting women aged 25-45 and will potentially reach approximately 98 million households and thousands of online viewers.

Raymond F. Akers, Jr. PhD, Vice Chairman of Akers Bio, commented: "We have completed our near-term product offering for the expansive health and wellness and anti-aging industry with the addition of iOS compatibility for the Akers Wellness™ app, which was the last hurdle to what we believe will be a rapid growth curve in revenue for these products. Akers Wellness™ is dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of its customers and we believe that OxiChek™ will have a significant impact on this goal. We are turning our attention to providing more services to our customers through our app and, in turn, creating secondary revenue generating opportunities. The Company is pleased to be launching enhanced e-commerce and social media platforms around OxiChek™ and is looking forward to the start of our television marketing campaign in the coming weeks."

John J. Gormally, Chief Executive Officer of Akers Bio, added: "I am very excited about the advancements in our commercialization strategy for Akers Wellness™ products and look forward to these propelling our sales, initially of OxiChek™, and later our other Akers Wellness™ tests."

[norbus] 20/4/2017 14:02

Best get AKR to take them over then,

[money maker1] 20/4/2017 10:47

I think this could be a 15 bagger within 8 months.

ImmuPharma (IMM)

Share price 55.6p
Market Cap £73m

1) ‘Lupuzor’; for Lupus currently in pivotal Phase 3 trials.
2) All patients now recruited.
3) Results expected Q1 2018.
4) Incremental announcements expected throughout 2017.
5) On FDA’s “fast track” “special protocol” route after strong safety and efficacy in Phase 2, so if IMM adheres to same protocol as Phase 2b and delivers positive results, FDA will approve and not request further trial with different endpoints or outcomes.
6) Potential “multi-billion dollar sales”.
7) Currently 100% owned by IMM.
8) Very little competition, with only one other Lupus drug approved in last 50 years - GSK’s Benlysta reached sales over $400m in 2015, with annual sales predicted at $1bn by 2020.
9) IMM’s Lupuzor already demonstrated in Phase IIb to be safer and more effective than Benlysta, and is expected to have lower pricing.
10) Fully cashed up from £4.1m fund raise in March 2017, enabling it to complete pivotal Phase 3 trials and progress other pipeline projects.

Northland Capital has 171p current valuation on IMM.

With the blockbuster sales potential, little competition, good Phase 2 and FDA fast track and special protocol status, I personally think it could be £7 to £10 if the Phase 3 results are good in Q1 2018.

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14/3/2017
"There's going to be a fantastic return on investment for anybody who invests in ImmuPharma...This is going to be a multi-billion dollar drug, its as simple as that...This will absolutely be a multi-billion dollar drug" [i.e. IMM’s Lupuzor]

4 min 40 sec.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Af_uSSXTM

www.immupharma.org/sites/default/modules/immu/downloads/IMM-presentation-march-2017v2.pdf

[wigwammer] 20/4/2017 10:44

Gormally acted appropriately.You both seem keen to move the discussion onto other things, so best wishes with that and have a great day.

[mcmather] 20/4/2017 10:28

wigwammer, you previously suggested I pumped and the dumped this, so if you did sell this that would make you a hypocrite. But, based on your postings on here, you're a stickler so I don't reckon being a hypocrite would sit easy with a stickler.

Gormally could have just kept things simple and honest and said the placing was for working capital (ie and connected to the ongoing issue re the china contract) and for the plans for 2017; at the time, they would have known about the GNYHA stuff, First Check (Tri-Cholesterol), etc.