Cenkos: OptiBiotix Health Plc -- Momentum Building

OptiBiotix has opened an online store on Tmall, a cross-border online marketplace through which OptiBiotix has launched a range of GoFigure shakes direct to Chinese consumers. OptiBiotix has partnered with a Tmall agency, InReady, to promote and operate its Tmall store. Momentum has been building at OptiBiotix in recent months, with the company launching GoFigure products in the sizeable Indian and Chinese markets, as well as receiving approval for a third: Saudi Arabia. We believe these new pro

Cenkos: OptiBiotix Health Plc -- Interim Results

OptiBiotix has issued its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2022. In line with the company's August trading update, revenues have fallen to £0.12m as delays to customer restocking and new product launches impacted the top-line. Whilst the operating loss grew to £1.11m, as the company invested in key management personnel, OptiBiotix delivered over £10.2m in value to shareholders through a dividend in specie following the listing of ProBiotix Health (PBX) in March 2022. Post-period,

Cenkos: OptiBiotix Health Plc -- GoFigure Launch with Apollo

OptiBiotix has launched its GoFigure weight management range in India through its commercial partner Apollo Hospitals (Apollo). Apollo owns and operates the largest pharmacy network across India and will initially stock the GoFigure range in key stores in major Indian cities, as well as online. Apollo is one of three large partners which entered commercial agreements with OptiBiotix in late-2021. The launch demonstrates OptiBiotix' strategic shift towards selling a greater proportion of finished

Cenkos: OptiBiotix Health Plc - Trading update

OptiBiotix has issued a trading update ahead of the group's half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2022. Results will be affected by the new accounting treatment of recently spun-out ProBiotix Health (PBX), as well as the timing of several larger customer orders. As such, OptiBiotix expects total revenues of c£120k for the period, resulting in revenues being materially behind market expectations. OptiBiotix expects to return to growth by 2023; however, given the ongoing uncertainty a

Cenkos: OptiBiotix Health Plc -- Commercial and Scientific Update

OptiBiotix has issued a commercial and scientific update, highlighting the significant progress made across its range of prebiotic ingredients and products. The update further demonstrates OptiBiotix' ability to grow its product range, expand applications for existing products and extend its reach into new territories. OptiBiotix, is also conducting further clinical work to increase the body of evidence supporting its products to help drive future growth. We maintain our Buy rating.

Cenkos: OptiBiotix Health Plc -- Final results

OptiBiotix has reported final results for the year to December 2021, with revenues growing 45% to £2.2m and the EBITDA loss increasing to £1.0m, reflecting the increased investment in the business. Post-period end, OptiBiotix has continued to return value to shareholders through the successful spin-out and listing of its ProBiotix Health division. Future growth of the company is supported by commercial agreements with large partners and a substantial pipeline of opportunities through its 2nd gen

Cenkos: OptiBiotix Health Plc -- ProBiotix probiotic yoghurt launch

ProBiotix, OptiBiotix' former subsidiary in which it holds a 44% shareholding, has announced the launch of a probiotic functional yoghurt brand containing the proprietary cholesterol reducing functional ingredient LPLDL. We see this as a significant milestone for ProBiotix, having overcome several technical hurdles during the 2.5-year development process, extending the use of LPLDL into functional dairy foods and offering the potential to replicate the development in other geographies and functi

Cenkos: Healthcare Sector - Ward Round

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Cenkos: Healthcare Sector -- Ward Round

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Cenkos: Healthcare Sector -- Ward Round

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Cenkos: Healthcare Sector -- Ward Round

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Cenkos: OptiBiotix Health Plc -- Trading update and listing

OptiBiotix recently announced a trading update for the 12-months to Dec-21 and its intention to list its ProBiotix Health division. The company expects revenues of £2.2m, in-line with our forecast, while operational investment suggests a group level EBITDA loss of c£0.9m, driven by one off recruitment and consultancy costs, versus our previous £0.3m loss forecast. Both divisions saw revenue and EBITDA (pre-central costs) growth during the year, building on the 2020 progress. Supporting future gr

Cenkos: OptiBiotix Health Plc -- CholBiome consumer study

OptiBiotix has carried out a consumer study in users of the company's probiotic, Lactobacillus plantarum (LPLDL) containing formulation, CholBiome. The findings of this consumer study support the human clinical study of LPLDL, published 18 January 2022, which demonstrated the statistically significant effect of LPLDL on reducing total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and APO-B. The survey found 96% of consumers reported reductions in total cholesterol (17% reported a >30% reduction) and 88% reported

Cenkos: OptiBiotix Health Plc -- Cholesterol lowering study

OptiBiotix has published a third human volunteer study on the cholesterol lowering effects of the company's proprietary probiotic Lactobacilus plantarum, branded as LPLDL. We believe the study clearly demonstrates the cholesterol lowering effect of LPLDL which we expect to support the on-going commercialisation of the probiotic. Key results were the statistically significant reduction in total cholesterol and LDL (bad) cholesterol of 34.2% and 28.4%, respectively over a six-week treatment period

Clean exit from ADL Health

EKF has announced a clean solution has been found for the non-core Laboratory Testing business ADL Health, selling the business back to one of its management team. Having pared back our estimates for this division in February, we expect no further material impact on earnings from this move. Strategically, we view it as positive, removing a distraction and further re-focussing activities back towards the core established Point-of-Care & Central Labs business and the growing new Life Sciences acti

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Positive momentum persists

2022 was a pivotal year for NIOX as it moved firmly into sustainable profitability and cash generation. The foundations for a scalable platform are now well-established and the group enters 2023 with strong momentum (revenues in the first two months of the year were +19%). Having upgraded our forecasts following the trading update in January, we push through further EBITDA upgrades on improved margin assumptions. NIOX is a rare asset and fully deserves a premium rating. We stay at Buy, with an i

Tissue Regenix - FY 2022 – a pivotal year to a sustainably profitable business

Tissue Regenix reported full-year results to 31 December in line with its January trading update that indicated it had reached EBITDA profitability in Q4. What was undisclosed then was that it included a $0.45m provision, without which it would have generated an adjusted EBITDA of c.$0.4m in H2, illustrating the positive underlying progression to a profitable and sustainable growth company. The outlook remains positive – new products, new geographies and additional distributors/strategic partner

FY22 in line – focus on core increasing

FY22 results are in line with revised estimates. Management continues to intensify its focus on the growing, profitable and cash generative Point-of-Care and Life Sciences activities, where confidence in the latter opportunity is increasing. We make some modest changes to our forecasts to reflect further streamlining post-period end and point to the strong growth outlook from FY24 onwards. We believe this is being overly discounted by the market and view the shares as being in deep value territo

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Destiny Pharma - Positive Phase II data with XF-73 published in medical journal

Destiny Pharma announced the publication of Phase II data with anti-bacterial drug XF-73 nasal gel in the peer-reviewed medical journal, Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. The data showed that XF-73 treatment in an 83-patient study resulted in a >99% reduction in nasal Staphylococcus aureus burden (after three applications of nasal gel 24 hours prior to surgery) measured 1 hour prior to cardiac surgery, which was the primary end-point of the study. The data are consistent with previous s

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