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[trader_3] 23/11/2020 12:12

CHIMagents Covid CHIM in consultation with European Medicines Agency (EMA) ‘EMA is providing guidance to assist developers of potential COVID-19 medicines, to prepare for eventual applications for marketing authorisation.’ CHAG-COVID19-CA ChimAgents Challenge agent for human infection models Non-clinical phase https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory/overview/public-health-threats/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/treatments-vaccines-covid-19 Good to see ORPH liaising with the EMA, in order to progress the Covid CHIM challenge agent in Europe. Subsequent EMA authorisation will be a step change for ORPH and enable it to potentially utilise the Covid CHIM at the third facility (presumed 45 bedroom CHIM unit at SGS in Belgium). IMHO

[lazarus2010] 23/11/2020 11:45

Qantas refusing to allow people to fly without a proof of vaccine so I heard

[bobsworth] 23/11/2020 11:28

Another big growth area for ORPH is testing antibiotics. With resistance to antibiotics now a major world health problem Pharma companies have pledged to invest big time in developing new antibiotics. Government funding towards this will grow too! https://sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/drugs-companies-pledge-to-tackle-looming-health-threats-151500264.html

[pierre oreilly] 23/11/2020 11:12

Warranty. my opinion as a pharma layman (so worth fa really) is that they currently know very little about the vaccines, so even basic questions can't be answered with a high degree of accuracy. let alone the questions you pose. I'm surprised at the oxford prof on r4 today, the leader of the astra zeneca vaccine iirc. Scientists are supposed to be understated (since they know many things are unknown) and not outrightly bullish and oh so positive on what is extremely preliminary data. I suppose he's also a director of several small pharmas, and possibly even big ones, and so may have a vested interest. I don't like the mixture of acandemia and commercial (although orph has prof buckly and prof oxford in the bacground) to the extend of academcs being major shareholders. In the past, i'd say there'd be no conflict there, with the rigours of science winning out, but nowadays, i'd say there's a real conflict in pharma science (similar to climate science) where science is trumped by other considerations. Orph doesn't need more challenge study opportunities. It's full and overflowing with them already. If we get another clinic (= another 20mpa profit imv), then that will be full very quickly. The demand is insatiable, and will be for several years imv.

[supernumerary] 23/11/2020 11:08

I think it would have been wiser to start with youngsters and work upwards rather than the opposite way round. It would have been enough for the old to vaccinate their carers and family first, to build local immunity. As it is they risk confirming what we already know - that covid is much worse for the elderly - and discovering that that may also be true for a vaccine.

[warranty] 23/11/2020 10:58

Do we know if the various vaccines can be mixed, ie a Pfizer one this year then an AZ one next and also could there be any clash with flu jabs on the old whose immune systems may not be brilliant? Still so many questions on these vaccines so hopefully more opportunities for Orph?

[thomas11] 23/11/2020 10:25

yes, Irish citizens have privileges in Uk under the Common Travel Area, they are treated almost as Uk citizens and can even vote ? This is a historical legacy

[m5] 23/11/2020 10:22

"Watch out for her 'standing down to pursue family interests' if/when she's lent on" LOL. Exactly. I will be in the same queue as you Pierre.

[pierre oreilly] 23/11/2020 10:21

o/t, will southern irish people have a right of residence in the uk after dec 31 and vv?

[pierre oreilly] 23/11/2020 10:18

M, agree with all that. Zero effect on orph, all beeb reports really nonsense bullish uselesness designed to jockey everyone along. Some sense the other day with the lady boss of the mhra, saying from her perspective, when a company applies for a covid vaccine authorisation, her committee will judge the application in exactly the same way as any other vaccine. Watch out for her 'standing down to pursue family interests' if/when she's lent on. I think that's the only way we'll get an authorised vaccine before 2021 (and i'll not be turning up for a covid jab until 3 or 4 months after the first jabs have been given).

[m5] 23/11/2020 09:34

I think I will be passing on them all for now. Not in a particularly vulnerable category and the testing period before main stream roll out just seems ridiculous to me. I can't help thinking this is all Political gesturing and playing for time. Can't see why it would affect us Malcolm as we know testing will continue for a long long time. As CF said Covid is not going away. IMHO. A comment from elsewhere........ Very interesting to see half a dose then a full dose thereafter working much better than a two full doses for the Oxford vaccine. Huge scope to trial various vaccines at different dose rates to find most effective model for wider roll out in future. Lots of work for Hvivo!!!

[malcolmmm] 23/11/2020 09:16

offered 24.72p for large amounts online even after Oxford Astra Zeneca's good news on their vaccination. I personally would much rather have the Oxford vaccine than the Pfizer offering as I am thinking anything having to be kept at a constant -70c would be in danger of contamination due to a drop in temperature and perhaps start growing bat wings ha ha

[trader_3] 23/11/2020 08:54

StockBox Podcast - ORPH hxxps://www.pscp.tv/w/1YqJDevvLOBxV

[timmyb1] 22/11/2020 11:44

https://www-irishexaminer-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.irishexaminer.com/business/economy/arid-40085546.html?amp_js_v=a6&_gsa=1&type=amp&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#aoh=16060444763889&csi=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishexaminer.com%2Fbusiness%2Feconomy%2Farid-40085546.html

[trader_3] 22/11/2020 11:03

Guardian Paper: Why the race to find Covid-19 vaccines is far from over https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/22/why-the-race-to-find-covid-19-vaccines-is-far-from-over Small mention of challenge studies.

[judijudi] 22/11/2020 09:20

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[malcolmmm] 22/11/2020 07:50

Imo one good thing is that now we are are out of Europe we don't have to adhere to all their ethical laws etc which can take years to get permissions for challenge studies etc.Also the government is going to massively slash tariffs for trade with third world countries which is far better than aid and not possible in the self serving EU.

[trader_3] 21/11/2020 15:56

hVIVO RSV PC786 Paper Published ‘PC786 is a new medicine being developed for treatment of respiratory syncytial virus. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the antiviral activity of PC786 in healthy adults infected with RSV virus in a viral challenge study.’ Nice to see positive results coming from the PC786 RSV hVIVO study being released for Pulmocide Ltd : hxxps://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiaa716/5995608 Whilst this study pre dates Open Orphan, it further demonstrates the benefits and effectiveness of conducting challenge services through hVIVO.

[owenski] 21/11/2020 15:27

Getting the impression this is still at the foothills, sounds like a lot of growth to come here. WRT expansion via further facility, it sounded to me like they're already performing work with another company and news flow to follow soon.

[40plus] 21/11/2020 15:10

Challenge Study volunteer 6 minute interesting view on Ted Talks Daily Podcast:- htTps://www.ted.com/talks/sophie_rose_how_covid_19_human_challenge_trials_work_and_why_i_volunteered/up-next?rss=172BB350-0207#t-10453

[wassapper] 21/11/2020 14:43

Just listened the the Proactive presentation. Probably his "best" yet. CF was calm, more focused, but did not hesitate to spell out the great opportunities OO has over the coming years. I thought that I was fully invested, but will be looking to buy more. The impressio ngiven was that some of the bigger newsflow we are expecting may come before Christmas. hTTps://youtu.be/RL4si_KAuDI

[ironman22] 21/11/2020 13:02

I have my sons junior isa with Interactive Investor, the charges may be a bit higher than others but if the account is in your name which it will be for your child you can have as many other accounts as you want for a flat monthly fee. So for example I have a junior isa, my isa and a trading account all in my name for a flat monthly fee.

[supernumerary] 21/11/2020 12:27

I suspect the move to London has as much to do with tax planning as anything else. Presumably he'd have resident non-dom status here, which although not as valuable as it once was, I imagine still has benefits. Hugely complex though and requires very careful planning. He may not have been so concerned when he thought he was going to make a few millions and move on, but if he thinks it's going to be tens of millions, it's worth taking every possible precaution.

[bobdobalina] 21/11/2020 12:24

Thanks gents 👌