Good signs ...., page-319

Hoof on the till: Peters backs Optiscan med-tech | The West Australian





Bulls N’ Bears can reveal that Optiscan’s mission is particularly close to Peters’ heart after he had to return to the operating table three times to have a melanoma removed from his head.
“I just saw the potential for saving people from having to go back for a second operation – I finished up going back to the surgeon three times because biopsies had to be taken,” a candid Peters told Bulls N’ Bears.
“This would take out the need for biopsies and from a commercial point of view, you can see what this could be worth because every hospital in the world would be needing one of these – and probably more than one – for their surgeons to operate with.

“That works out to being worth billions of dollars and having worldwide applications. Once this technology is rolled out clinically, and hopefully that won’t be too far away, who wouldn’t want to have an operation without it?
“We’re an investment company and we expect to get a return on our investments, but as I learned a little bit more about this, you realise it might be helping people who are suffering different types of cancers all over the world. It’s become a little bit more than just a business as you learn.”


He is adamant that having success with the public companies he is backing will eclipse any of the joys procured from his many decades of racing triumphs.