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vinmantoo

07/07/20 3:22 PM

#233467 RE: caravon #233466

6 months and no clue where ENTA is going.



ENTA didn't get into the COVID-19 lottery 6 months ago. It was maybe 2-3 months ago.
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DewDiligence

07/07/20 3:29 PM

#233468 RE: caravon #233466

ENTA’s COVID-19 work had two components: 1) screening the company’s proprietary library of DAA compounds to see if any compound in the library happened to show a benefit, based on in vitro testing, in treating the acute pandemic; and 2) designing novel COVID-19-specific DAA compounds from the ground up, based on the premise that COVID-19 will be a heath concern for several years to come and that measured outbreaks will occur from time to time. (Even if there is an approved COVID-19 vaccine, not everyone will get vaccinated.)

We may presume that 1) did not pan out, or we would have heard something by now.

2), on the other hand, is a process where it will likely take a year or two to know whether ENTA has discovered something of value. ENTA has allocated one virologist and one chemist to this program (possibly on a part-time basis), so investors should not expect a market-moving announcement in the near future.
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NY1972

07/07/20 8:27 PM

#233475 RE: caravon #233466

ENTA will have to beat HCQ + zinc. This combo works if given early.


Dr. Marcus Zervos, division head of infectious disease for Henry Ford Health System, said 26% of those not given hydroxychloroquine died, compared to 13% of those who got the drug. The team looked back at everyone treated in the hospital system since the first patient in March.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/health/hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus-detroit-study/index.html