Q: Can we just spend a couple of minutes on COVID 19? Is AstraZeneca engaged in your challenge study model?
Cathal Friel
Unfortunately, we are precluded from talking about anybody, but I would say, bear with us until early September and a lot more might be revealed, and people might be very pleasantly surprised as to who and what is in. But the best way to look at it is that some of the big pharma companies won’t bother with the challenge study, they’re rushing out, trying to do a phase 3. Most of them are talking to see how quickly we can do a challenge study, so that’s where we are. I think we will have way more orders potentially than we could ever supply, so we’ve been picking and choosing. We’re trying to get between 8 and 10 million per study, and if we could get 8 or 10 within the next 12 months, we would be very happy.
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