*****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/

This is an interesting article from a few years ago:

Though not perfect, blood test for prostate cancer is still recommended (2004)

"The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is a common way to detect prostate cancer in its earliest stages. The exact number of a dangerously high PSA count is constantly under debate and varies among men in different age groups. Despite its imperfections, WUSM urologic surgeon Arnold Bullock still recommends the test be taken annually as part of a healthy prostate health regimen for men over 50."

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A key point,in my opinion:

"But what Bullock finds even more troubling than the inaccuracies sometimes associated with the PSA is what he calls the myth surrounding prostate cancer. He says too many people believe this type of cancer is always benign and slow-growing. Though the PSA test may not be perfect, Bullock remains an advocate because he considers it one of the best tools available for finding prostate cancer in its earliest, and most treatable, stage.

He also believes prostate cancer is much more prevalent than most people think. Bullock cites statistics that show 30 percent of men over 50 show evidence of prostate cancer on autopsy.

What's the bottom line? Bullock says you shouldn't rely on the PSA test to give you the full picture regarding your prostate health. Many urologists agree the best screening advice is to see your doctor at least once a year for a 20-second digital rectal exam and a PSA blood draw. Then, along with a review of your medical history, and in consultation with your doctor, decide what to do with that information."

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http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/4348.html

News from around the world:

Coming To A Loo Near You! UK - The Prostate Project

Article Date: 19 Jan 2009

"Lord Kitchener is calling for Britain's men again, but this time it's to fight for themselves instead of their country. If all goes to plan this powerful poster will soon be seen in sport's locker rooms, public loos and community centres around the country. It is the brain child of four men from the Guildford Patient's Support Group, which is part of the Prostate Project. The aim is simple - it is to encourage a lot more men to be aware of the symptoms of prostate cancer and through a PSA blood test, have themselves checked on a regular basis."

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=135914


Determinants Of PSA Change Over Time And Its Link To Recurrence After External Beam Radiation Therapy For Prostate Cancer

Article Date: 19 Jan 2009 - 3:00 PST

"Following external-beam radiation therapy, many criteria based on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) measurements are known to be associated with the risk of clinical disease progression when examined in large cohorts. When faced with a desire to implement salvage therapy before the development of symptomatic disease in individuals with rising PSA levels, the clinician may not be clear as to which features should be used when deciding when to implement salvage therapy. To address this, we used sophisticated statistical techniques to assimilate the combination of prognostic factors, treatment details and post-radiation PSA kinetics into a more accurate understanding of clinical recurrence. This then would enable all the available prognostic information to be used in the individual patient at any time point to derive an optimal profile of clinical failure risk from that time point onwards."


"The joint model of the PSA profile and the simultaneous actuarial clinical failure risk is aimed to be a clinically relevant tool. After incorporating the known prognostic information to date, both pre and post radiation therapy, an estimate of the expected risk of clinical failure can be found. To simplify usage, a web-based calculator based on the model has been developed (https://psacalc.sph.umich.edu). This enables a clinician to input all the relevant details along with the PSA history to produce a pair of estimates: a range of curves depicting the estimated future PSA readings, and a survival curve (with uncertainty intervals) showing the estimated risk of clinical failure from that time onwards. Using this, one can counsel individual patients regarding their risk of failure in the subsequent years, and make a more informed decision regarding therapy."

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/135882.php

While we (or maybe just me-lol) wait for the Final Results it's time for the ever popular...........................

News from around the world:

Improved PSA Tests a Better Gauge of Prostate Cancer Risk

What EVERY man (and his wife) should know about prostate cancer

Not sure when this (USA) article was written but it doesn't really matter as it's very valid and worth a read,the link was also recently added to Bostwick Labs list of 'partners':

http://www.bostwicklaboratories.com/HOME/company-info/partners.aspx



"The PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) blood test, available commercially since 1988, has revolutionized our ability to detect prostate cancer. Originally approved in the United States for the monitoring of men with established malignancy, the most important indication now is for use in early detection and screening for prostate carcinoma.[i] The widespread use of serum PSA testing for early prostate cancer detection has increased the proportion of early stage cancers detected and is at least partially responsible for the recent decrease in prostate cancer mortality rates in the United States.[ii] Thus, the clinical timeline to diagnosis and treatment has been enhanced favoring the patient versus the disease."

"Everything that you live for is reason enough to track your PSA result and begin PSA testing by age 40. Quality of life issues and the American Dream mean little without a health status report that indicates there is more life to live. Ignorance in regard to healthcare issues and specifically healthcare markers should be discouraged. Rhetorically speaking, people who argue that something else will get them first, may be right, but what if they are wrong? PSA blood testing yields a lead time bias to the prostate health problems, principally prostate cancer, that they may develop in 8-10 years. Thus, the understanding of the PSA value is as germane to your health status as your bank account is to your financial well being. To avoid this test is tantamount to reckless and irresponsible behavior.

Recently I met a 50 year old male from Michigan, at The Prostatitis & Prostate Cancer Clinic, in Sarasota Florida. His primary care physician was at a loss for how to explain why his patient had developed bilateral leg weakness. Considerations included some rare neurological disease such as ALS (Lou Gehrigs Disease) or other equally baffling disease like MS. Leg weakness is not common in an otherwise normal, healthy male. His union shop insurance did not support PSA testing prior to age 50 based in part on the American Cancer Society guidelines. When the patients PSA was ultimately tested, the result was 150 ng/ml. His bone scan was positive for disease metastasis throughout his skeleton. He was given 2-4 years to live by his oncologist, with or without therapy. While his wife sits with their 2 year old, we have to ask the question - Why did this need to happen? Clearly, if we became more proactive and encouraged screening at an earlier age, the devastation to one mans life may have been averted."

http://www.theprostatecenter.com/psa_-_health_barometer.htm

MDW have updated their 'Events' page for 2009 which is nice!

http://www.mediwatch.com/Events.php?events=true

News from around the world:

UK

Learn the dangers of prostate cancer

Published Date: 15 January 2009

"THE dangers of Prostate Cancer will be revealed at a special advice evening in Rugby next week.

The Prostate Cancer Support Association of Central England is holding an awareness evening on Wednesday.

It takes place at the Hospital of St. Cross between 6 and 8.30pm and will offer visitors a free chance to be tested for the illness." Just for the record MDW are based in Rugby.......

http://www.rugbytoday.co.uk/news/Learn-the-dangers-of-prostate.4879480.jp


Wales cancer rates on the increase
Jan 24 2009 by Tom Bodden, Daily Post

"The majority of the rise was attributed to cases of prostate cancer, with 2,552 men being diagnosed with the disease in 2007 compared with 2,164 in 2006."

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2009/01/24/wales-cancer-rates-on-the-increase-55578-22766106/

USA

Prostate cancer is highly, highly curable when detected early

"On Jan. 31, TRIM will be at the 2009 Health & Wellness Expo offering the test, which can cost up to $200 from a private physician, free of charge to African-American men 40 years and older, men with a family history of prostate cancer, and all men over the age of 50."

http://www.crossroadsnews.com/pages/full_story?page_label=home_top_stories_news&id=1813448-Prostate-cancer-is-highly-highly-curable-when-detected-early-&article-Prostate-cancer-is-highly-highly-curable-when-detected-early-%20=&widget=push&instance=home_&open=&

Date: Monday, 26 January 2009

Mediwatch Plc

Preliminary Results for the year ended 31 October 2008

Highlights

Financial

A significant increase in profits for the year:

Record revenues reported for the year increasing by 64% to 9.33m (2007: 5.68m)

What a GREAT set of results, Revenues up 64%, Profits up and a full year profit of over 400k, Cash inflows of over 800k, Bank financing in place and plenty of growth drivers going forward. Well done Mediwatch!!!!!!

Morning Minder,

A solid foundation to build on through 2009,great news.

Far too many highlights but here's a few:

Mediwatch Biomedical

In March 2007, Mediwatch filed a patent for an innovative, new technology - Lateral flow assay and apparatus. We have called this technology 'Zero Flow'. We believe that Zero Flow (patent pending) has exciting possibilities for diagnostics in the fields of both genomic and proteomic science. Early in January 2009 a senior molecular research scientist, Dr. Marcus Harrison, joined our staff to underpin the development of new tests with molecular markers and to assist in developing the Zero Flow (patent pending) technology platform. We are genuinely excited about the future possibilities this may hold for Mediwatch.


Urodynamics

A comprehensive, comparative assessment of clinical Urodynamic systems was performed independently for the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency. We are proud to report that this study found Mediwatch's Urodynamic systems superior to those from competing manufactures (Laborie, LifeTech, MMS, Andromeda and Albyn). Mediwatch was the only manufacturer to receive a 'Very Good' rating with five stars for its products.

Ultrasound

Japanese regulatory approval was received in December 2008 for the Portascan+ system, and this is a brand new market for this product.


Assisted Living Facilities

The Assisted Living Facility market is a large market that has been identified in the USA which requires urological diagnostics. Recent legislation outlines how patients should be cared for, particularly those suffering with incontinence. We have hired a specialist to design a programme that will help us break into this lucrative market during 2009.

Preliminary Results for the year ended 31 October 2008-Issued 26 January 2009

nothing more than solid results....profit in second half actually shows a decline from first hlaf...there are some positives but borrowings have gone up.

still would not be a buyer of these but i am sure the great and good from the MDW gang will be celebrating now the share proce is only down 50% this year

Your still filtered,now crawl back under your stone please.

well done on the filter Mick...u should be proud

Not a bad day,all in all.

I like this bit:

I am also very pleased that in October 2008 we achieved our first month with over GBP1million of revenue.(OMER KARIM)

Another very nice update on the MDW website under 'Sales/Customers' and under 'Support/Services'

Prostate screening offer closes after huge demand
SARAH BREALEY

26 January 2009 17:39


"A charity which was offering free prostate cancer screening in Norwich has been overwhelmed with men wanting to sign up.

On Saturday the EDP reported that the Norfolk and Waveney Prostate Cancer Support Group and the Graham Fulford Trust were offering free PSA screening to men over 45 at a meeting on March 5. They had capacity for 200 tests, but after the EDP article they have been inundated with requests. More than 600 men or their relatives have rung the group, and registration has now closed. They are asking people not to get in touch as they have been overwhelmed by calls.

Ray Cossey, chairman of the Norfolk group, said: The phones started ringing at 7am and were ringing until midnight. We could have filled the sessions three times over.

It proves to us beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is a need for PSA screening on the NHS. A great number of the calls we have had have been from men whose doctors have refused them a PSA test - in some cases even when they had a family history of prostate cancer, which is really not on.

There is no prostate cancer screening on the NHS, because the test is not always reliable and because prostate cancer can develop slowly without ever causing problems. Men can ask their GPs for a PSA test if they have concerns, but it is up to the doctor whether to provide one, and sometimes it is more appropriate to do a manual examination first."-errrrr when?

http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/storyrss.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=NOED26%20Jan%202009%2017%3A27%3A13%3A930

It proves to us beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is a need for PSA screening on the NHS."

I don't agree with the above comments mainly for three reasons:

1. The PSA test is not a test for prostate cancer as such but what it does offer is a very good test if interpreted correctly on the chances of prostate cancer and what steps to take next and also needs to be carried out along with a DRE and cross referenced.

2.The PSA test needs in my opinion to be carried out on a one to one basis with a GP or nurse so all worries a patient has can be discussed,a screening program would prove too expensive to give this important part,or would it?

3.The main issue in my opinion is to get the message out via public awareness campaigns which over the last few years has gained momentum and also don't put obstacles in the way in getting a PSA test once all the issues have been discussed with their GP.

"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"



this was posted when the share price was 10p...............

end of....

bye bye ......keep trying to con people to but your share...after all this is what your thred is all about....looser

It's no good turning up at this time of night,for two reasons:

1. I can't imagine you have said anything worth commenting on!

2. Your filtered for being stupid!

Hope that's clear......................

I see you edited your original stupid post over on ADFN:

"treblewide - 26 Jan'09 - 12:45 - 19891 of 19936

edit...gonna read the results propoerly and give the bear view......but first impressions are the results aint that great to be hoonest"

Another one for the header?