Vivos Inc (RDGL)

[kayak_wench]

Share price wise this has gone down but in terms of making progress toward bringing IsoPet to market it has made good progress. You bought in a few years after I first did. Finding a company with a good idea or product is half the challenge, the other half is knowing when to invest. Investing too early is just as deadly as investing in a scam. Congratulations on getting out with a profit despite getting in early...I did not.

They have made progress on Radiogel, but the FDA is a wildcard that rarely takes a risk. I feel getting DeNova is a long-shot because of the irrational fear associated with medical isotopes (i.e. radioactive materials). But I feel that a profit off of IsoPet is achievable. I saw in an old post you did not because you "you personally have never known a dog or anyone I know to ever get it" and you made the assumption that no one would treat dogs over 10 because will be gone soon anyway. I don't think you are a pet person. Prior to when I wasn't walking a dog everyday and out and about with other dog people I too knew of zero pets that died with cancer. Now I can only think of only a few (four or five) dogs that did not die from cancer. I only know of a few people unfortunate enough to have lost their pets before 10. At least four people who I bump into at the part had their pets legs amputated due to bone cancer to extend (not save) their life and three to pay for chemo treatment for years (one was cured with chemo and got top after about 3 years and tens of thousands of dollars). At least four different dogs died from cancer that was untreatable or owners decided not to treat. That is just from cancer, at least 3 or 4 have paid to have their dogs undergo joint repair surgery (several thousand dollars) and one even paid to have a non-cancerous brain tumor removed (seriously the cat has gone on to live many years after a $5,000 brain tumor surgery). All of these people are people I bump into walking to the park in the last decade or so (except the brain tumor cat that was friend of friend), meaning from a relatively small area and over a 10 year period. Granted I don't live in a low income area, but I'm also not in the rich neighborhood either. And none of the dogs are tiny purse dogs (all bigger than Moose).

Since you life near Tufts and they are an excel vet school I suggest visiting their clinic waiting room and look around. You will see lots of people with pets spending very large sums of money. Take a tissue box its a pretty depressing place because the only pets going to these school clinics are pets with big problems. Dogs and cats will not be the only animals treated. I used to work in a building that had facilities to treat cattle with radiation for cancer treatment. It was walled off so we just saw them coming and going, and heard them mooing during treatment. BTW, I see Tufts just upgraded their external beam treatment facilities so they are probably more likely to recommend that to pay for it then be distracted by IsoPet (http://news.vet.tufts.edu/2018/09/radiation-oncology-service-reopens/). The beauty of IsoPet is that it doesn't involve all the hardware and a local vet can administrate it.

Another positive change since when we first invested is that I believe control has been pulled from Cadwell. Cadwell historically called the shots for this company, and when I first invested I felt reassured by that because I thought he had a successful medical product engineering company. But I eventually realized that the Cadwell invested in radiogel is the dentist not the engineer. The dentist Cadwell rode his brothers engineering coattails to profitability by investing in his engineering company. The Cadwell the engineer (John) has no skin in Vivos (and never had it in AMIC). From what I can gather Carl the dentist isn't heavily involved in the successful company (John doesn't let him be...because he is trained to be a dentist!). I believe pulling in Korenko was a hail marry not to lose their license and I assume (and are hoping) that it was also a point that control was pulled away from the dentist and given to Kartzoff and new management who had experience in the technology. The pedigree of their advisory board has also improved dramatically.

I'm gambling that the upcoming dilution event is a good time to reinvest. I got a few shares early in case early news dropped (didn't expect it too....but wanted some shares), but this future dilution will come just as the dog study is winding down. If they can pull in 2 million a year on 2 billion shares that puts share price at 1.5 cents. That doesn't sound like an unachievable revenue stream for them if they can get 5 to 10 vet clinics administering IsoPet across the country in the next couple of years. But you will not see me referring to this as a cancer cure, or squawking that a buyout is coming, or that human approval is imminent!