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Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

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<ul><li>We review last week’s biopharma news for meaningful clinical data, regulatory updates, research innovation, and M&amp;A.</li><li>Last week, BIOA discontinued its lead obesity study, while JANX had impressive prostate cancer data, which also lifted VIR.</li><li>MRUS gained from earlier HNSCC abstract data but may give it back after its weekend presentation. </li></ul>

We review last week’s biopharma news for meaningful clinical data, regulatory updates, research innovation, and M&amp;A.Last week, BIOA discontinued its lead obesity study, while JANX had impressive prostate cancer data, which also lifted VIR.MRUS gained from earlier HNSCC abstract data but may give it back after its weekend presentation. 

Biopharma Week in Review - December 9, 2024

<ul><li>We review last week’s biopharma news for meaningful clinical data, regulatory updates, research innovation, and M&amp;A.</li><li>Last week, SRRK gained from muscle-building data in SMA, with positive read-through for obesity and BHVN.</li><li>WW joined HIMS in selling NVO GLP-1 copies, while the FDA backed off on LLY copiers after a lawsuit.</li></ul>

We review last week’s biopharma news for meaningful clinical data, regulatory updates, research innovation, and M&amp;A.Last week, SRRK gained from muscle-building data in SMA, with positive read-through for obesity and BHVN.WW joined HIMS in selling NVO GLP-1 copies, while the FDA backed off on LLY copiers after a lawsuit.

Biopharma Week in Review - October 14, 2024

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

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<li>In last week's Compass (Sept. 27) we discussed our belief that market indexes could see a bounce or pause in selling, citing numerous oversold indexes/Sectors that were testing critical supports.</li>
<li>Supports included 3636 on the S&amp;P 500, $269 on the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), and $162 on the Russell 2000 (IWM).</li>
<li>Supports held, and early indications suggest a bear market rally is brewing (at minimum), helped by short-term bearish engulfing patterns on the DXY and 10-year Treasury yield last Wednesday.</li>
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In last week's Compass (Sept. 27) we discussed our belief that market indexes could see a bounce or pause in selling, citing numerous oversold indexes/Sectors that were testing critical supports.
Supports included 3636 on the S&amp;P 500, $269 on the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), and $162 on the Russell 2000 (IWM).
Supports held, and early indications suggest a bear market rally is brewing (at minimum), helped by short-term bearish engulfing patterns on the DXY and 10-year Treasury yield last Wednesday.


Another Bear Market Rally Brewing?; Stick With Biotech and Construction/Engineering Names

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<li>The weight of the evidence suggests that the lows for this bear market have likely already been established, but that does not mean it will be smooth sailing from here.</li>
<li>The SPX and NDX are both testing important resistance levels (4165-4180 and the YTD downtrend, respectively), making this a logical spot for the indexes to stall and potentially pull back.</li>
<li>Ultimately, we would expect to see support near their 50-day MAs as the market goes through a bottoming process. We remain neutral overall.</li>
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The weight of the evidence suggests that the lows for this bear market have likely already been established, but that does not mean it will be smooth sailing from here.
The SPX and NDX are both testing important resistance levels (4165-4180 and the YTD downtrend, respectively), making this a logical spot for the indexes to stall and potentially pull back.
Ultimately, we would expect to see support near their 50-day MAs as the market goes through a bottoming process. We remain neutral overall.


S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 Testing Key Resistance Levels; Pause Likely; Buying Biotech

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Equity Capital Markets

Vigil Neuroscience / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Clinical-Stage biotech company, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vigil-neuroscience-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35125:1" rel="noopener">Vigil Neuroscience Inc (VIGL US)</a> plans to offer 7 million shares at a price range of $15 to $17 per share in its upcoming IPO.</li>
<li>The company is expected to price the IPO on January 6 and trade on January 7 on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol VIGL.</li>
<li>The company developing antibody therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. Its lead candidate VGL101 is in phase 1 clinical trial, with topline data expected in H2 2022.</li>
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Clinical-Stage biotech company, Vigil Neuroscience Inc (VIGL US) plans to offer 7 million shares at a price range of $15 to $17 per share in its upcoming IPO.
The company is expected to price the IPO on January 6 and trade on January 7 on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol VIGL.
The company developing antibody therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. Its lead candidate VGL101 is in phase 1 clinical trial, with topline data expected in H2 2022.


Vigil Neuroscience (VIGL US) IPO: Early-Stage First-Of-Its-Class Pipeline Makes It a Risky Bet

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PTC Therapeutics, Inc. provides biopharmaceutical products. The Company develops orally administered and small-molecule drugs for genetic disorders, oncology, and infectious disease. PTC Therapeutics operates in the United States.

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Ptc Therapeutics (PTCT US)

Biopharma Week in Review - December 9, 2024

We review last week’s biopharma news for meaningful clinical data, regulatory updates, research innovation, and M&A. Last week, BIOA discontinued...

Water Tower Research

Biopharma Week in Review - October 14, 2024

We review last week’s biopharma news for meaningful clinical data, regulatory updates, research innovation, and M&A. Last week, SRRK gained from...

Water Tower Research

Another Bear Market Rally Brewing?; Stick With Biotech and Construction/Engineering Names

Early indications suggest another bear market rally in $SPX, and potentially that the lows are in, helped by short-term bearish engulfing patterns...

Vermilion Research

S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 Testing Key Resistance Levels; Pause Likely; Buying Biotech

$SPX is testing important resistance in the 4165-4180 area, the same resistance level we were monitoring in early June before the market tumbled 13...

Vermilion Research

Vigil Neuroscience (VIGL US) IPO: Early-Stage First-Of-Its-Class Pipeline Makes It a Risky Bet

The company plans to raise $112 million through its IPO. Vigil is a clinical-stage biotech company, whose lead drug candidate has just entered into...

Tina Banerjee

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