*****This thread is setup mainly to gain information
relating to Mediwatch in a quick and easy way and IS IN NO WAY A
RECOMMENDATION TO BUY!********


Mediwatch-A Synopsis:
Mediwatch was established in 1996 and has developed a range of specialist
medical equipment for the diagnosis of urological disorders.The group joined the
AIM in 2000 through a reverse into Prostcare plc,which at the time was valued at
8m.While the vast majority of sales were generated in the UK,there was a
substantial indirect export business involving a number of agents,supplying into
Europe,North America,Australasia and Asia,notably Japan.
Group revenues are set to increase rapidly following the acquisition of the former
Medtronic Urodynamis Division,which has introduced a fundamental presence in
North America.The deal was in 2006 with the sales division building from 2007.
With the inclusion of the Medtronic systems now owned by Mediwatch they now
can offer a 'One Stop Shop' for the diagnosis of various urology disorders with the
benefit of Mediwatch systems having the ability to electronically send data from the
various tests to a central data base!Oh and plus the added bonus of PSAwatch and
now PCA3plus!

More than 30 million PSA tests are performed annually in the USA alone!

CHARTS

FUTURE EVENTS AND LATEST
NEWS

Just for the record and to even things up,this is Treblewide's view (near end
of 2008):

"in short 3p by chrimbo and a real chance if they do not get rid of management they
will go into receivership.....when they bough the MDT business I said at the time it
must have been a bag of shite as they only paid buttons for it.......looks like that was
fairly correct......i feel sorry for shareholders"

Treblewide has been filtered from my eyes for his abuse,lies and general behavior but
it's a free country (I think) so do as you see fit.


It started with:

Treblewide - 05 Jun 2007 15:49 - 33 of 1747
still short

Treblewide - 18 Jun 2007 00:24 - 69 of 1747
interesting stuff from that article...very few men die from prosate cancer and it is not an agressive disease....treatment can be worse than the disease.......kind of suggests their whole business model is based on sand to me.......but hey who wants a balanced view.

Treblewide - 18 Jun 2007 00:31 - 76 of 1754
exercise and sex may cause a raised PSA...so you guys may have stumbled on a test for fit shaggers :-)

I am gonna name Me-Di-Watch

Gonna-go-bust-soon-iwatch

Treblewide - 18 Jun 2007 10:59 - 85 of 1754
minder...i do not make light of prosate cancer....show me one post where I do...i make fun out of this company yes but not the disease so wind yer neck in pal.

show me any trace of a profit and i will maybe change my mind

Treblewide - 18 Jun 2007 15:54 - 97 of 1754
minder made a small loss yes which I have more than made up for shorting it........and i guess your average holding is 3p.....aye right.

Aalso I closed out my short at 8p for a loss of the spread if memory serves me correctly.

currently short from 13.25....i thank you and goodnight

Treblewide - 23 Jul 2007 12:36 - 154 of 1747
more of the same......thank god i still do not own shares in this lot...will they ever
make a penny profit....looks doubtful......cannot even manage a small supply chain.


ect ect ect

with the last few posts:

Treblewide - 30 Mar 2009 09:16 - 1704 of 1754
you are a lunatic mick.....words fail me.

and ps i only post under treblewide on any financial web site....i know you cannot say the same......you have been calling this as a buy and nothing but a buy for about 7 years...it says it all really about your stock picking ability

i notice the downtrend ins now establishing itself....re-visit of the lows again by the looks of things

Treblewide - 30 Mar 2009 22:41 - 1712 of 1754
mick no i dont know what each product does...i dont think that is important...the numbers tell everything and even though you must spend hours on web sites searching for stuff that is not even related to MDW you fail to grasp the basics...they consistently lost money and now seem to be making some...my call to 3p was correct and i think if they had not got their shit together they could have gone under

i was not interested in them as a long play while they were loosing money depsite whatever rubbish you posted regarding piss sticks or whatever you bang on about.

and yes it was poor trading..having an avergae of 12 and averaging down to 6-7p while they were at 3p....is terrible trading...that cannot even be debated...the very fact you know so much about the products means you have fallen in love with this company......which is very dangerous when investing....

the numbers are the important things...i was right on 3p, the company is posting slightly better figures but we are in a bear market which has not bottomed yet so the price will fall further

you are a 1 trick pony that posts irrelevant links...dont bother to respond i can be bothered getting into a debate with you.....away and cut and paste some more flags

toodlepip

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I have been chased from here and now ADVFN,has the boy got a problem?

treblewide - 3 Aug'09 - 14:46 - 22345 of 22412


post 22342 is classic.....so mick advfn is not a good source when the consensus is sell?

begs the question why you spend so much time polluting it with your bull tripe?

question....so MDW share price has gone up, it has gone down etc etc...during all of that time has mick ever been able to find any subjectivity in his posting ie has he ever critisised anything?

i really think he may be getting paid by MDW...the whole thing is very bizzare.

mick i notice you referred to your threads as "promotion of Mediwatch"

can you confirm if you are getting financially rewarded by the company for this?

treblewide - 3 Aug'09 - 23:55 - 22371 of 22412


664k overdrawn....takes a long time to pay back at 39k profit every 6 months.

drawn down overdraft has increased by 170k and they paid 33k to service that overdraft and made 39k profit...as i keep saying my local fish and chip shop make more money than this lot.

margins have been squeezed...psa watch now off the agenda in terms of updates....not 1 single reason to buy and yet you lot think this share price will go up??.....am mystified why it would increase? genuinely why is this comapny under valued?? i cannot see it and dont bang on about fairfax saying they are going to make x amount...they have never been near to getting it right

if i were a holder i would be selling now at 6p if i could and buying back in the 2-3p range which the chart is saying is now a certainty....i expecta full year loss

i told you all to sell at 14p and at 11p (it is all there in black and white) and that it was going to 3 pence..i got abuse mick called me an idiot and suggested it was going to 50p......still a sell and my short (which was posted in real time over the road) is nicely in profit.

toodle pip...will log back in when it gets to 3p....



treblewide - 4 Aug'09 - 00:19 - 22373 of 22412


664k overdrawn....takes a long time to pay back at 39k profit every 6 months.

drawn down overdraft has increased by 170k and they paid 33k to service that overdraft and made 39k profit...as i keep saying my local fish and chip shop make more money than this lot.

margins have been squeezed...psa watch now off the agenda in terms of updates....not 1 single reason to buy and yet you lot think this share price will go up??.....am mystified why it would increase? genuinely why is this comapny under valued?? i cannot see it and dont bang on about fairfax saying they are going to make x amount...they have never been near to getting it right

if i were a holder i would be selling now at 6p if i could and buying back in the 2-3p range which the chart is saying is now a certainty....i expecta full year loss

i told you all to sell at 14p and at 11p (it is all there in black and white) and that it was going to 3 pence..i got abuse mick called me an idiot and suggested it was going to 50p......still a sell and my short (which was posted in real time over the road) is nicely in profit.

toodle pip...will log back in when it gets to 3p....

treblewide - 4 Aug'09 - 10:49 - 22379 of 22412


still time to get out at 6p.....dont understand why you would not sell at 6p when they are obviously going to half in value...if you are a long term mdw bull you can buy twice as many shares at 3p and maybe possibly one day see a profit on your holding?



treblewide - 4 Aug'09 - 12:44 - 22381 of 22412


last chance to sell at 6p for your shares folks


treblewide - 4 Aug'09 - 14:48 - 22387 of 22412


so question...is psawatch is so great...why has there been no huge surge in revenue figures from UK and Europe on the back of it being sold?

the whole reason a lot of you hold this is psawatch...it has not made them any money in Europe which could be argued when taken as a whole is not much smaller than the USA.....this company is not going to change overnight with US approval...at bets it would be a selling opportunity for long term holders

i really think a lot of you have to ignore some of the nonsense ramping going on here...the company is draining cash and there margins are reducing (despite this wonder PSA machine they have for sale)

i really think the future looks bleak for mediwatch...if someone can put in concise terminology why MDW is a buy i am all ears....dont point me at fairfax report...they are a bunch of clowns as well...that interim report is shocking and i mean really poor.

costs out of control...margins squeezed, cash running out...no real revenue growth, does this sound like a growth company to you?

sell at 6p


treblewide - 4 Aug'09 - 15:50 - 22391 of 22412


god i have heard it all now...mick can you counter my points about declining margins and cash issues without nonsense posts about peopel having insider information...what a crock and what a clown.

so just so i have this straight in my head...when you put in effort to ramp these shares it is all great and you expect cuddles? (and if anyone disagrees you throw your toys out the pram liek an old woman)

when i put up a few posts to explain why i am short it is an organised attempt to get the share price down because i have insider inforamtion from the US?

were you the Iraqi information minister in a previous role? lol


treblewide - 5 Aug'09 - 19:24 - 22409 of 22412


lol.....shares getting sold today at 5.75.....next stop 3p...

treblewide - 4 Aug'09 - 12:44 - 22381 of 22408 edit


last chance to sell at 6p for your shares folks




treblewide - 5 Aug'09 - 19:29 - 22410 of 22412


i wonder what thier overdraft is limited to....1M?

if so they have 12 months of life left at current perfomance...how many of you hlders have considered the chances of them going bust?....i would not rule it out...would love to know how much further the banks will let them go into debt before they pull the plug

treblewide - 5 Aug'09 - 19:37 - 22411 of 22412


seriously if i were a holder i would look at the interims and ask how much longer can they go on burning cash.......and with all the averaging down the bulls have done over the years i bet some are more exposed than they should be....good luck...think you might need it




ANYWAY

http://mediwatch.blogspot.com/

Hmmmmm,will have to read this again later as I'm not sure if it's +/- regarding the PSA test, lol

Inverse Association Between Histologic Inflammation In Needle Biopsy Specimens And Prostate Cancer In Men With Serum PSA Of 10-50 Ng/ML

Thus, the sensitivity was 87.2%, specificity 63.2%, positive predictive value 78.1%, and negative predictive value 76.6%.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/130465.php

10/11/2008

THE NEW LUNCH HOUR PSA TEST OFFERS IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO CANCER CONCERNS

The Birmingham Prostate Clinic is the first in the West Midlands to offer the 10-minute PSA test in order to offer men a more rapid response to whether they are at risk from cancer.

Many thousands of men have PSA tests every year, as the standard way of screening for risk of prostate cancer, the most common form of male cancer.

A raised PSA result is not a diagnosis of prostate cancer but an indication that the patient may be at risk and require further investigations.

Patients typically wait days or weeks for their PSA results, while their test is sent to a laboratory and a second appointment to discuss the results with the doctor is made.

However, The Birmingham Prostate Clinic is the first in the West Midlands to introduce new technology which produces an accurate PSA result in just 10 minutes.

Called PSAwatch, it is a hand-held device into which blood samples can be inserted. The device has a screen which displays the results 10 minutes later.

Analysis has shown that PSA Watch is as accurate as sending blood samples to a laboratory.

The big benefit of this new development is it enables the patient to discuss his results with a consultant immediately, explains Consultant Urologist Alan Doherty of The Birmingham Prostate Clinic.

By accessing the bladder through five keyhole-sized holes in the abdomen, the damage to tissue and nerves is minimised and blood loss is much reduced.

Instead of sending patients home, often feeling very anxious about their results before returning to clinic days or weeks later, we can offer them an almost instant response.

That may be to reassure them that they are not at risk of prostate cancer, or we may need to arrange for further tests to take place. In either scenario, we are able to eradicate that period of anxiously waiting.

PSA stands for Prostate Specific Antigen, a protein made by the prostate which naturally leaks into the bloodstream when the prostate is damaged.

A simple blood test can be taken to measure levels of PSA and a high reading indicates prostate cancer may be present.

However, a raised PSA can also be caused by a non life-threatening condition called an enlarged Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH).

Risk of prostate cancer is assessed by taking a number of different factors into account as well as PSA level, says Mr Doherty.

We consider the patients age, family history, previous PSA tests and carry out an examination of his prostate.

PSA results are notoriously difficult to interpret and it is important for patients to receive their PSA results during a consultation with a doctor, who is able to explain what the results mean and discuss what steps should be taken.

Combined with the new PCA3 test, we now have some very powerful new diagnostic tools for prostate cancer.

Both the PCA3 test and PSAwatch have been produced by Mediwatch, based in Rugby, Warwickshire.


http://www.birminghamprostateclinic.co.uk/news_10_11_08.php

Ahhhhhhhh that's good as the end of the above ie:

"Both the PCA3 test and PSAwatch have been produced by Mediwatch, based in Rugby, Warwickshire"

Confirms that the PCA3 mentioned in post below is indeed the PCA3Plus test which is the MDW test.


"banjomick - 10 Oct 2008 21:30 - 1114 of 1350

This part is pure speculation on my part that the Birmingham Prostate Clinic is using MDW products ie PSAwatch and PCA3plus

Firstly regarding the PSA test and the announcement below which basically takes on board the new guidelines put forward by the AUA last year,which is very good news in my opinion.There is nothing to suggest that PSAwatch is being used at this clinic but there is nothing to say that it won't be used in the future or the patient given a choice of wait a few days or a few minutes for results.

19/09/2007 MEN URGED TO KNOW THEIR PSA FINGERPRINT TO GUARD AGAINST THE RISKS OF PROSTATE CANCER


Secondly PCA3plus and the announcement below.What strikes me within this announcement is the lack of the PCA3 manufacturer being mentioned eg PROGENSA PCA3,PCA3 ProfileR or indeed PCA3Plus which is unusual.

24/09/2007 DNA TECHNOLOGY BROUGHT INTO THE FIGHT AGAINST PROSTATE CANCER "

Birmingham Prostate Clinic introduces 10-minute PSA test

Nov 24 2008

The Birmingham Prostate Clinic is the first in the West Midlands to introduce the 10-minute PSA test, offering men a more rapid response to prostate cancer concerns.

http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-health-news/2008/11/24/birmingham-prostate-clinic-introduces-10-minute-psa-test-65233-22328622/

that is actually the first set of interesting articles you have ever posted Banjo.......

looks like there is a possibility of some market penetration which is a good sign for the bulls.....

i wonder i wonder

(the options thing still worries me though but must admit they may be getting some bites sales wise)

Of interest,as is the case with our NHS the Australian Cancer Council are against a mass screening program too.This of course does not mean PSAwatch would or could not be used as a screening tool just not within a mass organised screening program.

Urologist calls for mass screening

All Australian men could be blood tested for prostate cancer at 40 under a proposal to be put to the Federal Government.

As Australia's first dedicated prostate cancer research centre opened at Richmond's Epworth Hospital yesterday, leading urologist Professor Tony Costello revealed one of its first aims was to introduce a national screening program for prostate specific antigen, or PSA.

The plan puts the new Prostate Cancer Research Centre immediately at odds with the Cancer Council which does not support PSA screening because it claims the test is unreliable and can cause panic by identifying slow-growing cancers which do not cause harm.

Speaking to an audience including Treasurer Wayne Swan at the opening of the $7.5 million centre, Professor Costello said PSA screening was a "thorny issue". But he would push ahead with a proposal to see every Australian man have the blood test at 40. Blood tests revealing high levels of PSA can be an indication that there is something wrong with the prostate gland, including cancer, which can be further investigated.

But Cancer Council Victoria director David Hill said the test could not differentiate between aggressive and non-aggressive cancers, leading to unnecessary concern and operations risking side effects such as impotency and incontinence."We do not have the scientific evidence to support a mass screening program for prostate cancer using PSA tests or any other tests," Prof Hill said.

Herald Sun, 20/11/08, p6; Age, 20/11/08, p9

http://www.prostatehealth.org.au/newsitem.html?notice_id=640

A mixed view and interesting reference to Australia/New Zealand:


Since PSA testing was introduced, prostate cancer survival figures have improved. But is this due to PSA testing or something else?
Published 23/10/2008

http://www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/stories/2008/10/23/2386759.htm

Will have a good look at this later as it involves PSA test figures in the lab.Back at 10,if anyone is interested-lol

http://www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/prostate/second-survey-psa-tests.pdf

From the above pdf we see that for 2003-04 there were just under 600k PSA tests carried out.The figures as far as I can tell are from 118 out of the 220 English labs originally asked to participate!

Therefore you could assume that within the 2003-04 timeframe there could be around 1 million PSA tests carried out in the UK as a whole but that is just a guess on my part.

therefore it's safe to assume for the full year 2009 that there will be at least 1 million PSA tests carried out in the UK,especially with increased awareness campaigns and 'watchful waiting' being promoted.

Now the question is what percentage PSAwatch could take from this figure and how many Bioscans would be sold along with extra sales of the whole MDW range?

Obviously a lot depends on the NHS taking PSAwatch on board as the free test!

I'll have to have a good look at this later as the links should make for interesting reading:

2008 Prostate Cancer Retreat Available Online - Prostate Cancer Foundation

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/130969.php

http://www.prostatecancerfoundation.org/site/c.itIWK2OSG/b.68797/k.A368/Scientific_Retreat.htm

How efficient are MDW becoming? They have updated their website with "Dates UK office closed for Bank Holidays",not that important but a nice touch all the same.

Edit-Just reporting the update,before Treble blows a gasket :-)

This is quite interesting but a bit worrying but not relating to MDW more to the USA
male population as a whole!


Rate of new cancer cases, deaths falls

Wednesday, November 26, 2008


"The United States has passed an important milestone in the fight against cancer, researchers reported Tuesday: For the first time, the recorded rate of new cancer cases has fallen for both men and women.

At the same time, a 15-year decline in cancer death rates has accelerated, meaning people in whom the disease has been diagnosed are living longer."

The drop in incidence seen in this years Annual Report is something weve been waiting to see for a long time, Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, said in a statement.

While heralding the development, Brawley and other cancer experts sounded notes of caution. Fewer men and women are being screened for prostate and breast cancer, they noted, which can mean fewer tumors get identified. And as the population ages and the economy worsens, access to screening and medical treatments may decrease, eroding the gains.

Less clear is the story surrounding prostate cancer, the No. 1 cancer for men, whose incidence rates plunged 4.4 percent annually between 2001 and 2005 after rising 2.1 percent in each of the previous six years.

Because its highly unlikely that risk factors for prostate cancer changed dramatically during that period, the drop-off is probably due to changes in detection practices, Jemal said.

Dr. William Catalona, a professor of urology at Northwestern Universitys Feinberg School of Medicine, cites data indicating that 52 percent of men 50 or older reported having a test for PSA (prostate-specific antigen) in 2004, down from 58 percent in 2001.

The medical community is deeply divided over PSA testing, with some experts saying it is a valuable technique for detecting cancer early and others arguing that it leads to over-diagnosis and unnecessary medical interventions. Catalona falls in the former camp.

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/health/stories/2008/11/26/cancer_rate_falls.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=9

The above research was completed before the new AUA guidelines were announced regarding the PSA test,from what I can gather.Since then a lot has changed with more emphasis on 'watchful waiting' for example.

I think over the last year or so PSA testing in the USA will have reached or exceeded the 2001 figures stated.The 2004 figure was in the era of diving in with the knife and as we should all know by now things have changed some what since then!

The sector MDW are involved in is a growth sector and this is a fact!

We are in global situation of people living longer and Gov's have therefore a duty to care!

Obviously cost plays a major part in the funding so any opportunity to cut waiting times,a big plus point for any Gov. or health service,will be welcomed!

An increase in PSA testing does not equate to further expensive and invasive biopsies it's in fact the opposite! The more PSA tests that can be carried out is proven to give the Urologist the correct way forward in what decission to make next! PSAwatch is there to give the Urologist the freedom to make the choice easier for all concerned,imo.

I know I keep going on about building your own PSA chart on a yearly basis from the age of 40 but it makes so much sense and PSAwatch goes some way in helping to make this feasible.The more information a Urologist has on individual cases the better the outcome will be for both the patient and Gov. statistics!

While I'm in MDW mode,lets make it quite clear that the PSA test is here to stay for at least the next 10 years unless a cheaper improvement comes along.The PSA test gets slagged off but is still the standard test on a global scale and even now valuable data is still being gained from historical records to enable better decisions to be made.It will still be used as a reference point past the 10 year marker in my opinion,mainly for cross reference purposes at the very least!

i unashamedly pinched this form another thread.......but i think it is a great post and certainly sums up the man show started this thread....could not have put it better myself actually

ajax01 - 28 Nov'08 - 13:21 - 14328 of 14335




And people like xxxxxxx shouldn't wear his long-term investment as some sort of badge of honour. Because, to be honest, the recent past events have shown that long-term holders should wear a badge of idiocy. So, it is precisely the new posters you should be listening to at the moment - because the old posters have failed everyone very badly and shown an incredible level of incompetancy. They should be ashamed - certainly not proud.

This month has been re-branded as Movember, in recognition of men across the country growing moustaches in order to raise funds for good causes and promote awareness of men's health issues.


http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/features/Men-have-mo-fun-with.4735753.jp?articlepage=1

First cancer conference held in Norfolk

SARAH BREALEY

28 November 2008 14:52

http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/storyrss.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=NOED28%20Nov%202008%2014%3A52%3A28%3A883

Here is the updated list of hospitals/clinics that use or offer private consultations at,using PSAwatch and offer the PCA3Plus test.

Spire Roding Hospital (Redbridge near Ilford in Essex)
Spire Bushey Hospital (Watford,Hertfordshire)
Spire Tunbridge Wells Hospital (Kent)
Spire Gatwick Park Hospital (Surrey)
Spire Parkway Hospital (Solihull,West Midlands)
The Wellington Hospital (St Johns Wood,London)
Anglian Urology
The Birmingham Prostate Clinic (Essex)
Windsor Urology
The Bridge Clinic (Maidenhead)
The Princess Margaret Hospital (Windsor)
Thames Valley Nuffield Hospital (Wexham)
South Lodge Consulting Rooms (Wexham)
The Bishops Wood Hospital (Rickmansworth)
The Clementine Churchill Hospital (Harrow Middlesex)
The Princess Grace Hospital (London)

Flagged up over the road:

EMBARGOED 0001 28 November 2008

Prostate Cancer Charter for Action: failure of NHS organisations to implement NICE cancer guidance costs 50 lives a week

A new report from the Prostate Cancer Charter for Action, published today, finds that almost 2,500 deaths from cancer every year (almost 50 a week) and 300 deaths a year from prostate cancer could be prevented if all NHS organisations fully implemented NICEs guidance on cancer services.

http://www.prostatecharter.org.uk/lib/docs/prv2.doc

http://www.prostatecharter.org.uk/