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Water Tower Research

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>Preannouncements were abundant as we approached this week’s major healthcare conference in SF.</li><li>As investors prepped for company updates and significant news flow, signs of M&amp;A activity were trickling in, with BIIB bidding for SAGE, LLY looking at Scorpion, and JNJ talking with ITCI.</li><li>Last week, Medicare confirmed coverage for LLY’s obesity drug, SANA had a successful hypoimmune transplant for T1D, and VIR’s dual- masked TCE kept up with JANX. </li></ul>

Preannouncements were abundant as we approached this week’s major healthcare conference in SF.As investors prepped for company updates and significant news flow, signs of M&amp;A activity were trickling in, with BIIB bidding for SAGE, LLY looking at Scorpion, and JNJ talking with ITCI.Last week, Medicare confirmed coverage for LLY’s obesity drug, SANA had a successful hypoimmune transplant for T1D, and VIR’s dual- masked TCE kept up with JANX. 

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