Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

Equity Bottom-Up

Neurocrine Biosciences / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>In the third quarter of 2025, Neurocrine Biosciences reported robust financial and operational performance.</li><li>The period was marked by $790 million in net product sales, a 28% year-over-year increase, driven by their flagship drugs INGREZZA and CRENESSITY.</li><li>INGREZZA, used for treating tardive dyskinesia and Huntington’s chorea, saw continued growth attributed to recent expansions of the sales force and improved patient access, resulting in record new patient starts and prescriptions.</li></ul>

In the third quarter of 2025, Neurocrine Biosciences reported robust financial and operational performance.The period was marked by $790 million in net product sales, a 28% year-over-year increase, driven by their flagship drugs INGREZZA and CRENESSITY.INGREZZA, used for treating tardive dyskinesia and Huntington’s chorea, saw continued growth attributed to recent expansions of the sales force and improved patient access, resulting in record new patient starts and prescriptions.

Neurocrine Biosciences Doubles Down on CRENESSITY – Can This Strategy Dominate the CAH Market?

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Fosun Pharmaceutical received NMPA approval for Phase I/II clinical trial of CAR-T cell drug candidate FKC289. RemeGen received $650M upfront payment from AbbVie under the exclusive license agreement for RC148.</li>
<li>FDA has granted Priority Review to Daiichi Sankyo’s Biologics License Application for ifinatamab deruxtecan. Astellas Pharma initiates Phase 3 registrational study evaluating setidegrasib as first-line treatment for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.</li>
<li>Telix and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is collaborating to jointly develop and commercialize radiopharmaceutical therapies. Telix will receive upfront cash payment of $40M from Regeneron for access to its radiopharmaceutical manufacturing platform.</li>
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Fosun Pharmaceutical received NMPA approval for Phase I/II clinical trial of CAR-T cell drug candidate FKC289. RemeGen received $650M upfront payment from AbbVie under the exclusive license agreement for RC148.
FDA has granted Priority Review to Daiichi Sankyo’s Biologics License Application for ifinatamab deruxtecan. Astellas Pharma initiates Phase 3 registrational study evaluating setidegrasib as first-line treatment for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Telix and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is collaborating to jointly develop and commercialize radiopharmaceutical therapies. Telix will receive upfront cash payment of $40M from Regeneron for access to its radiopharmaceutical manufacturing platform.


APAC Healthcare Weekly (April 19) – Fosun Pharma, Remegen, Daiichi Sankyo, Astellas Pharma, Telix

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<li>Daiichi Sankyo received seventh FDA approval for Enhertu in certain types of breast cancers. Eisai received FDA approval for Leqembi’s intravenous monthly maintenance dosing.</li>
<li>Nippon Shinyaku entered into an option agreement with AB2 BIO for the rights of commercialization of Tadekinig alfa in the U.S. for certain rare autoinflammatory diseases.</li>
<li>Shionogi announced positive results from Phase 2 trial of its novel investigational RSV oral antiviral candidate S-337395. Celltrion has received FDA approval for Actemra biosimilar.</li>
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Daiichi Sankyo received seventh FDA approval for Enhertu in certain types of breast cancers. Eisai received FDA approval for Leqembi’s intravenous monthly maintenance dosing.
Nippon Shinyaku entered into an option agreement with AB2 BIO for the rights of commercialization of Tadekinig alfa in the U.S. for certain rare autoinflammatory diseases.
Shionogi announced positive results from Phase 2 trial of its novel investigational RSV oral antiviral candidate S-337395. Celltrion has received FDA approval for Actemra biosimilar.


APAC Healthcare Weekly (Feb 2)- Daiichi Sankyo, Eisai, Nippon Shinyaku, Shionogi, Celltrion

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.

Technical Analysis

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<li>Semiconductors (SMH,SOXX,NVDA,AVGO) have been leadership since late-2022, but they're extended and starting to see profit taking as market participants rotate into other laggard areas of the market (especially Energy).</li>
<li>The question is whether this new trend lasts a few days, or if this is the start of longer-term trend.</li>
<li>If there will be any lasting rotation away from Technology/semiconductors, SPX and QQQ would need to break strong short-term supports at 5370-5380 and $468-469, respectively. Until then, Tech/semis remain leadership</li>
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Semiconductors (SMH,SOXX,NVDA,AVGO) have been leadership since late-2022, but they're extended and starting to see profit taking as market participants rotate into other laggard areas of the market (especially Energy).
The question is whether this new trend lasts a few days, or if this is the start of longer-term trend.
If there will be any lasting rotation away from Technology/semiconductors, SPX and QQQ would need to break strong short-term supports at 5370-5380 and $468-469, respectively. Until then, Tech/semis remain leadership


Rotation Is the Lifeblood of a Bull Market; Still Bullish; Supports at SPX 5370-5380, QQQ $468-469

Health Care Select Sector SPDR / Technical Analysis

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<li>As the saying goes, "sector rotation is the lifeblood of a bull market." That appears to be exactly what is going on as we kick off 2024.</li>
<li>Leadership areas that have significantly outperformed since the October 2023 lows are starting to pull back rather hard -- and on above average volume (XLK, SMH, IGV, ARKK, IPO, BITQ)</li>
<li>Other Sectors are picking up the slack, namely Health Care (XLV), Staples (XLP), Utilities (XLU), Energy (XLE), Financials (XLF), and Real Estate (XLRE). Shift exposure toward value and defensives</li>
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As the saying goes, "sector rotation is the lifeblood of a bull market." That appears to be exactly what is going on as we kick off 2024.
Leadership areas that have significantly outperformed since the October 2023 lows are starting to pull back rather hard -- and on above average volume (XLK, SMH, IGV, ARKK, IPO, BITQ)
Other Sectors are picking up the slack, namely Health Care (XLV), Staples (XLP), Utilities (XLU), Energy (XLE), Financials (XLF), and Real Estate (XLRE). Shift exposure toward value and defensives


Upgrading Staples and Health Care to Market Weight; Shift to Value; Failed Breakouts for ARKK, IPO

United States

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. is focused on the discovery and development of therapeutics for neuropsychiatric, neuroinflammatory, and neurodegenerative diseases and disorders.  The Company is developing therapeutic interventions for anxiety, depression, Alzheimer's disease, insomnia, stroke, malignant brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, obesity, and diabetes.

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Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX US)

Neurocrine Biosciences Doubles Down on CRENESSITY – Can This Strategy Dominate the CAH Market?

In the third quarter of 2025, Neurocrine Biosciences reported robust financial and operational performance. The period was marked by $790 million...

Baptista Research

APAC Healthcare Weekly (April 19) – Fosun Pharma, Remegen, Daiichi Sankyo, Astellas Pharma, Telix

FDA granted Priority Review to Daiichi Sankyo’s I-DXd. Astellas Pharma initiates Phase 3 study for setidegrasib. Telix and Regeneron...

Tina Banerjee

APAC Healthcare Weekly (Feb 2)- Daiichi Sankyo, Eisai, Nippon Shinyaku, Shionogi, Celltrion

APAC healthcare companies continued to get approvals for new products and initiates clinical trials. The companies continued with acquisitions and...

Tina Banerjee

Rotation Is the Lifeblood of a Bull Market; Still Bullish; Supports at SPX 5370-5380, QQQ $468-469

Rotation is the Lifeblood of a Bull Market; Bullish Outlook Intact; Expecting Short-term Support at $SPX 5370-5380 and $QQQ $468-469 (20-day MAs...

Vermilion Research

Upgrading Staples and Health Care to Market Weight; Shift to Value; Failed Breakouts for ARKK, IPO

Shifting exposure toward value and defensives. Upgrading Consumer Staples $XLP and Health Care $XLV to market weight. $ARKK and $IPO with bearish...

Vermilion Research

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