Already inside the gate: the company is specified into someone else's next wave, and the wave has not yet shipped
The model's full reasoning — Q3 2023 call → NOWe need answer YES or NO. Need analyze transcript. Question asks if management describes company already chosen/specified/qualified/designed into another organization's future product/program/platform, and wave not yet arrived, position large relative, preparing. Transcript: Quanterix. Key: J&J agreement launched Lucent AD P-tau217 blood test combining Quanterix Simoa and J&J antibodies. Also Lilly collaboration. Need see if management describes secured position inside someone else's next thing, wave not yet shipped, etc. Let's parse. Masoud: "signed a new agreement with Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines and launched the Lucent AD P-tau217 blood based biomarker test, combining Quanterix ultra-sensitivity, Simoa Technology, and J&J P-tau217 antibodies to refied high accuracy Alzheimer's disease testing." This is a test launched. Is that "already been chosen, specified, qualified, designed in inside another organization's future product"? J&J antibodies used in Quanterix test. Not exactly inside J&J's future product. It's Quanterix's own LDT using J&J antibodies. Also Lilly presented analytical validation using Simoa platform. But is that a secured position? Need see if management conveys that company has been chosen by Lilly for their test? They say "our collaboration with Lilly continues and it's a very strong collaboration. They presented some great data at CTAD on the Simoa platform and so we expect that relationship to continue." That's not "already chosen" for future product? Also "we want to make both solutions available." No. Question asks: "On this call, does management describe that the company has ALREADY BEEN CHOSEN, SPECIFIED, QUALIFIED, DESIGNED IN, OR OTHERWISE LOCKED INTO POSITION INSIDE ANOTHER ORGANIZATION'S FUTURE PRODUCT, PROGRAM, PLATFORM, BUILD-OUT, OR STANDARD OPERATING PLAN — such that when that outside party's own next wave of activity arrives, this company's volume arrives with it automatically — AND does management convey that this position is secured today while the wave itself has not yet shipped, launched, ramped, or begun at scale?" Need answer YES only if all three. Let's examine. Management talks about Alzheimer's blood biomarkers, P-tau217, clinical trials, guidelines. They have agreements with Lilly, J&J, VUMC.
| Ticker | Company | Call | Date | Call grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC | NACCO Industries, Inc. | Q1 2024 | 2024-05-05 | C+ |
| CLGN | CollPlant Biotechnologies Ltd. | Q4 2023 | 2024-04-04 | F |
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| AIRG | Airgain, Inc. | Q3 2023 | 2023-11-09 | F |
| EVGO | EVgo, Inc. | Q2 2022 | 2022-08-09 | C+ |
| GFS | GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. | Q3 2021 | 2021-11-30 | A |
| CUBI | Customers Bancorp, Inc. | Q3 2018 | 2018-10-26 | C+ |
| WYY | WidePoint Corporation | Q3 2016 | 2016-11-09 | D |
| THRM | Gentherm Incorporated | Q2 2016 | 2016-07-28 | C+ |
| GOGO | Gogo Inc. | Q1 2016 | 2016-05-06 | C+ |
| SPR | Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. | Q1 2016 | 2016-04-29 | D |
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NC · Q1 2024 → YESThe question is about whether management describes that the company has already been chosen or locked into another organization's future product/program, such that volume will arrive automatically whe...