Stock Talk
Today's post is with some reluctance caused by past experience with a stock. However, due to watching reports from India where C19 is raging with grave diggers working round the clock. I have posted before about a company with an oral vaccine that is timed to dissolve in the mucus of the lower bowel. We have read the reports in early clinical testing showed that Golden Siberian hamsters showed robust immunity against C19 challenges. And then the phase 1 human trial results we highly anticipated as the stock surged from a single digit into the double digits and then the 20's. But anybody who held the night that the report came in was sorry the next day as the stock sank right back to single digits. Man! did that hurt! The thing that killed the run was lack of neutralizing antibodies (NAb), but t cell response was shown.
Back then the shorts were keen to attack on anything that did not specifically state NAb's. But as the approved Pfizer and other mRNA vaccines have shown NAb's, prevailing thinking is that they will not be long lasting past 6 months. and then the companies are gearing up for booster shots.
There is a growing school of though that it may be actually the t- helper and t fighter cell immunity that may be a more durable marker for long term protection. The market has responded to anticipating a coming presentation by Vaxart chief scientific office.
Dr. Tucker’s presentation titled, “Vaxart oral COVID-19 vaccine; hold the ice and the needles,” will provide insight into the Company’s response and approach to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic with a room temperature oral tablet vaccine that is potentially protective against new and emerging COVID-19 strains.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/vaxart-present-world-vaccine-congress-120000069.html
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It's a worldwide presentation. India, Brazil and many countries could really use a simple oral vaccine. Will the Vaxart pill gain traction in lands where C19 suffering and death prevails? If so, it could be huge. key words "could be".
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ALL in my humble opinion, scroll down and read more..
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