Pluristem Therapeutics Inc (PSTI)

[skitahoe]

I'm not certain of anything, but perhaps next week in the presentation by the company we'll learn what's being done in Germany. I believe what they're doing is more like a trial, rather than compassionate use, which is producing some positive anecdotal evidence, but not the sort of thing that impresses people like Dr. Fauci.

I believe most of the other products under development are largely intended to treat coronavirus once it's been diagnosed, but by the time people have developed pneumonia, they will be of little benefit. Once pneumonia develops, hopefully PLX-PAD can be applied, ideally before a ventilator is needed, but certainly once people are being put on ventilators. I'm of the belief that if it's used prior to requiring a ventilator, far fewer will advance to the point where they need it.

We have roughly a month before the numbers are greatly reduced, not that there still won't be many patients to treat, but it might be a tiny fraction of the number on ventilators today. If we can get this done before most State's return to some degree of normalcy, should it reemerge in the Fall or Winter we'll be approved by then, and the death rate should be greatly diminished. It won't end the threat, but it will be less deadly, and then we should get a vaccine. If we get that approval, we'll be saving a lot of lives in the future as it becomes the SOC for the treatment of pneumonia regardless of the cause.

Gary