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Futura Medical

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28/11/2008

Futura Medical, the designer of an erection-maintaining condom, has seen its share price surge on rumours it is likely to receive the nod from European regulators.

Having already slumped from a year’s high of 50p to almost 12p, the shares have recently risen by 125% to current levels, after the company revealed it had 'received positive regulatory opinion relating to the pharmaceutical aspects of [the condom]’. This means that the long-awaited authorisation looks likely, and the condom, which will be sold under the Durex brand of prophylactic giant SSL, should have a huge market.

The launch of the product, which is expected in 2009 and is conditional on the regulatory green light, would totally transform the company’s fortunes. Presently burning around �2m of cash a year, revenues from a successful launch would allow Futura to develop its other products, which are based around similar technology and include a ‘his and hers’ product with stimulating gel inside and out.

Figures for the half-year to June showed Futura lost �1.1m before tax as it guided a product to treat premature ejaculation into Phase I trials and saw another to treat pain relief successfully complete its own equivalent test. The balance sheet in June recorded coffers containing �1.7m of cash, and new finance director Derek Martin can call on a further �1m cash facility from the bank.

Even at 27.5p, the shares are still trading at less than a third of their 89.5p three-year high, where they boast a considerable degree of speculative appeal.

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Oliver Haill

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