{"id":71767,"title":"Cathal Friel, Executive Chairman of Open Orphan (ORPH.L) Shareholder Update","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2020-06-16T11:04:35+00:00","modified":"2020-06-16T11:04:35+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/cathal-friel-executive-chairman-of-open-orphan-orph-l-shareholder-update/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/cathal-friel-executive-chairman-of-open-orphan-orph-l-shareholder-update.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/cathal-friel-executive-chairman-of-open-orphan-orph-l-shareholder-update.json","category":"Exclusive Interviews","categories":["Exclusive Interviews","Healthcare"],"tags":["Antibody","Cathal Friel","COVID-19","Open Orphan","ORPH","pharmaceutical","Testing"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Stencil-Google-Chrome-2023-04-19-at-2.47.43-PM.jpeg?fit=1231%2C615&quality=89&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"With the Launch of Covid-19 Antibody Testing announced in June, Major New Contract Signed, it has been a blistering start to the month.\n\nCathal Friel, Executive Chairman gave this exclusive interview and he is confident that further news is just around the corner.\n\n**Open Orphan plc (ORPH) **is a rapidly growing niche CRO pharmaceutical services company which is a world leader in the testing of vaccines and antivirals through the use of human challenge clinical trials. Open Orphan comprises of two commercial specialist CRO services businesses; hVIVO and Venn Life Sciences and has offices in London, Dublin, Paris, and the Netherlands. Open Orphan is led by a management team with deep industry and financial experience\n\n![](https://www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Image-2020-06-16-at-11.57.56-AM-300x158.png)\n\n**Cathal Friel, Executive Chairman of Open Orphan, said:**\n\n“hVIVO is a world-class company with best in class scientists and facilities. We are very excited to be offering this service and I am confident our work will help large companies and clinics in the UK test their staff and patients to ensure the safety of all employees. These are run from its 24-bedroom quarantine clinic in London, with an onsite virology laboratory.\n\nSee [www.flucamp.com](https://flucamp.com/) to see how volunteers are managed.\n\nCompany Website [www.openorphan.com](https://www.openorphan.com/)\n\nTwitter [@OpenOrphan](https://twitter.com/OpenOrphan)"}