Novavax (NVAX): Un Nuevo Comienzo

Bufff...si lo pones en inglés o el link de donde lo has sacado  casi que mejor porque la traducción es bastante malilla...gracias

Annual Meeting Synopsis 

Ok folks, I've read various posts regarding my anticipated comments from the annual shareholders' meeting held this morning. I appreciate the kind and thoughtful comments and just ignore the fringe elements and those who lack critical thinking skills. Here is my observations and thoughts along with bits of what was said as well as any reads on non-verbal aspects among people in the know. 

We got to the meeting just as the business parts were getting underway. I would say that in addition to board members I recognized (Gail Boudreaux (sp?), Modi, Greg Glenn, Cunningham, Young and others) there were only 20-25 people in attendance. After the various votes and business aspects were dealt with, Mr. Erck, who I hold in high regard BTW, took the podium to review the past year and update everyone on where things stand. He said something to the effect of Novavax being "alive and well ..." and something about more variations (which I later took to mean a more varied phase 2 elderly trial and other programs under way. He said there would be more info about Zika relatively soon. Said Nvax's Ebola vaccine was the best one currently available and that the addition of the Matrix M adjuvant should make a big difference (I'm reading from my notes). 

He said the Maternal PIII is being administered in 11 countries and was a multi-season trial with well defined epidemiology and should ameliorate any attack rate issues. 

The 'safety monitoring board' has not reported any problems with safety in the maternal. There seemed to be some implication that was suggestive of the fact that immunogenicity data indicates the vaccine works (I was writing very fast and this last aspect is a bit of an interpolation). There was some discussion of the futility analysis as well and the sense was that the maternal was in good shape. That's my sense of how things were described. I wrote this: that protection was > 50% for 2 years in a row. Not sure what the details of that were (I was a bit sleep deprived --- sorry). 

The most interesting things were said about the PII elderly and the PIII that flopped. This newer PII uses more combinations of dosing and adjuvants. He said at the beginning that Novavax was pretty quiet while they sorted out and analyzed what happened, but that in about 45 days, PII results will be out along with more information about why the PIII went wrong. He also said the most interesting thing ... something to the effect that in their analysis, the scientists ultimately told him something a president doesn't generally like to hear ... that "we have an interesting problem". There was a definite grin or smile when he said that, but then said that we'll know alot more in 45 days. 

Greg Glenn, who was sitting next to me, then took the mike to further explain and alluded to, at least conceptually, the notion of herd immunity and variations in attack rate in the year of the PIII study. Stan discussed afterwards how the attack rate in the year prior was higher. Thus, there were various connections and exposures to RSV that may have given the placebo group some protection. I have since wondered if patient participants in prior years may have also participated in PIII and prior exposure either naturally or via RSV vaccination skewed results? I still wonder and may inquire further, but when he said "we have an interesting problem" that will be clarified, I got the feeling that they have discovered something about the vaccine or trial that was a 'good' element that caused 'bad' results. That's the sense I got. 

I asked Stan about morale and he said it was low in the fall and had to lay off about 170 people that was not a pleasant thing to do, but that morale is much stronger now. Buck Phillips came up to me after the meeting ended and put a wrist band on my wrist that says "novastrong". 

He said there was great data so far for influenza, they were excited about the 2nd half of this year and haven't changed their views on the RSV elderly --- i.e., that the vaccine works. The futility analysis (I believe for maternal PII) indicates the vaccine is still 'passing' their constraints. 

All in all, while the general atmosphere was more subdued than in years past, there was some level of optimism. Erck expressed some "impatience" with having to slog through the trials and I came away feeling optimistic, yet quite puzzled about the "interesting problem" --- something that seemed good about the platform, yet caused a problem. That's my take on that comment. 

The next 45 days are going to be nerve wracking for me. There's a lot on the line and I will have to figure out how to protect against downside risk yet maintain upside potential. I'm glad I went, just wish I was a fly on the boardroom wall

Buenos días, como bien comenta framus hablé sobre mi estrategia y compartí el excel, tanto en el hilo de farmas como en otra web que muchos conocéis si no recuerdo mal. Ese excel no estaba optimizado y también lo avisé.

Yo no perdí dinero, pero perdí un proyecto y muchas ilusiones. ¿Qué me obligo a pensar desde entonces? Pues que cada día es una oportunidad de ganar dinero y también de perderlo, y dado que la bolsa es un "juego" a largo plazo prefiero cubrirme y ser lo más realista posible.

Yo espero que los 2$ sean cuestión de semanas a lo sumo, eso nos hará ver las cosas de otro modo.

Ánimo.

Me perdonareis voy perdido, ¿cuales son los primeros resultados que se esperan? FII Elderly o FIII maternal?

Mayores

Perdón... ¿de quién se supone que es este review?

Gracias por colgarlo en cualquier caso. Muy interesante.

Mismo comportamiento que en las últimas jornadas? Comienza tranquila y termina subiendo algún centavo, firmo un centavo por día...

De un tal Cosaman de IV (que para los que no le conocemos, es lo mismo que decir "autor desconocido")

https://www.investorvillage.com/mbthread.asp?mb=193&tid=17264605&showall=1

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Annual Meeting Synopsis: One more thing
Erck also said that the competition for an RSV vaccine is such that the competitors, which include GSK, Pfizer and there was another mentioned, can't remember, were at least 3 - 5 years behind Novavax.

Yo esperaré a que me lo confirme el mismo Stan el próximo día que quedemos para tomar algo :D

Los dos ultimos años, si no recuerdo mal, tambien asistio a la reunion anual y posteo su resumen.

Ay esa MM20 en semanal en 1,12 ... a puntito anda la cosa ya ... ;)

Sí, ya he visto por los comentarios y agradecimientos que es alguién muy conocido por esos lares, y que es muy probable que haya ido. A mi los que me dan miedo son los que tenía delante, la dirección, que explican el cuento que más les conviene, más aún si hay por en medio votación de plan de incentivos (5M más de acciones extra que se aprobaron) con el pésimo 2016 que han (hemos) tenido.

Y que esto no lo digo por NVAX en particular, podéis poner el ticker que queráis. Estas juntas anuales están generalmente llenas de palabras bonitas, grandes logros por venir (hay justificar los sueldazos, claro), luego a votar lo que les interesa y para casa con bolsita de regalos. Y ya si hay algún marrón os lo contaremos en una PR o en un sec filing cualquier AH... Ala, ya me he desahogado, que entre el calor y el curro no veas! jaja

Si,si. Totalmente de acuerdo. Yo no hago comentario alguno sobre esa reunion, me la pela.

Estaba pensado exactamente lo mismo jjjjjj, he decidido centrarme solo en lo que estoy confortable , y ahí NVAX , junto a KORS ...son las estrellas , cada una en su contexto , claro está 😉

Vaya hombre, hoy debería haber sido un día para NVAX bien verde. No me gusta que no siga la sintonía del mercado. En fin...

Se está animando en el AH, 1'15$ aunque con poco volumen.