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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.

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<ul><li>This is our first report global pharma major, Novartis.</li><li>The company delivered a mixed set of results for the last quarter, failing to meet Wall Street expectations in terms of revenues but managing an earnings beat.</li><li>The innovative medicine sales grew consistently in the quarter across the U.S.</li></ul>

This is our first report global pharma major, Novartis.The company delivered a mixed set of results for the last quarter, failing to meet Wall Street expectations in terms of revenues but managing an earnings beat.The innovative medicine sales grew consistently in the quarter across the U.S.

Novartis ADR: Initiation of Coverage – Latest Focus Areas & Key Drivers

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/helixmith-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7636:1" rel="noopener">Helixmith (084990 KS)</a> shares have been sliding since end of June due to delay in receiving the recommendation from the U.S. data monitoring committee for its phase 3 clinical trial.</li>
<li>On August 18, Helixmith received recommendation to continue phase 3 clinical trial of its lead candidate Engensis (VM202) for diabetic peripheral neuropathy, thereby removing the overhang.</li>
<li>Engensis has attracted high interest from investors, as it is targeting a large addressable patient population of nearly 8.5 million in the U.S. alone, with high unmet medical need.  </li>
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Helixmith (084990 KS) shares have been sliding since end of June due to delay in receiving the recommendation from the U.S. data monitoring committee for its phase 3 clinical trial.
On August 18, Helixmith received recommendation to continue phase 3 clinical trial of its lead candidate Engensis (VM202) for diabetic peripheral neuropathy, thereby removing the overhang.
Engensis has attracted high interest from investors, as it is targeting a large addressable patient population of nearly 8.5 million in the U.S. alone, with high unmet medical need.  


Helixmith (084990 KS): Overhang on Phase 3 Clinical Trial Uncertainty Got Removed

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>A bear market bounce is underway after the S&amp;P 500, Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), and Russell 2000 (IWM) found support at their respective downtrend channels, a possibility we discussed last week.</li>
<li>Still, until the S&amp;P 500, QQQ, and IWM can break above their various downtrends, we remain bearish, and believe investors should be using rallies to reduce overall exposure.</li>
<li>This 1-week rally has the NDX(QQQ) testing resistance at its falling wedge pattern; a break above $297 would likely mean this bear market bounce has another 2-4 weeks of upside.</li>
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A bear market bounce is underway after the S&amp;P 500, Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), and Russell 2000 (IWM) found support at their respective downtrend channels, a possibility we discussed last week.
Still, until the S&amp;P 500, QQQ, and IWM can break above their various downtrends, we remain bearish, and believe investors should be using rallies to reduce overall exposure.
This 1-week rally has the NDX(QQQ) testing resistance at its falling wedge pattern; a break above $297 would likely mean this bear market bounce has another 2-4 weeks of upside.


Signs of Disinflation?; Commodities Deteriorating; Another Bear Market Bounce; Pharma/Biotech Buys

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<li>The DAX and Hang Seng are reversing their downtrends while MSCI China (MCHI-US) and China Internet (KWEB-US) are currently testing their respective multi-month downtrends.</li>
<li>Reversals of these downtrends would signal a bear market rally in progress.</li>
<li>We will need to see more basing, followed by base breakouts, in order to get bullish -- a process that would likely take weeks or months.</li>
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The DAX and Hang Seng are reversing their downtrends while MSCI China (MCHI-US) and China Internet (KWEB-US) are currently testing their respective multi-month downtrends.
Reversals of these downtrends would signal a bear market rally in progress.
We will need to see more basing, followed by base breakouts, in order to get bullish -- a process that would likely take weeks or months.


Still Bearish, But On Watch for Bear Market Rally; Buying Toshiba 6502-JP, Defensive Sectors

Genor Biopharma Holdings  / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jhbp-cy-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29201:1" rel="noopener">JHBP (Genor) (6998 HK)</a> received approval in China for its first commercial drug, GB242, a biosimilar to Remicade (infliximab). Approved indications have an addressable patient population of 10 million.</li>
<li>The company is also expected to obtain marketing approval for its drug candidate for the treatment of relapsed and refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) in China this year.</li>
<li>In-Licensed GB491 (lerociclib) has entered in two phase 3 clinical trials for first and second-line treatments of breast cancer. NDA for GB491 is expected to be filed in 2023.</li>
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JHBP (Genor) (6998 HK) received approval in China for its first commercial drug, GB242, a biosimilar to Remicade (infliximab). Approved indications have an addressable patient population of 10 million.
The company is also expected to obtain marketing approval for its drug candidate for the treatment of relapsed and refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) in China this year.
In-Licensed GB491 (lerociclib) has entered in two phase 3 clinical trials for first and second-line treatments of breast cancer. NDA for GB491 is expected to be filed in 2023.


Genor Biopharma (6998 HK): First Product Approved in China; Late-Stage Pipeline Entails Visibility

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Novartis AG manufactures pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare products. The Company uses innovative science and digital technologies to create transformative treatments in areas of great medical need. Novartis offers patent protected prescription medicine and generic pharmaceuticals and biosimilars.

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Helixmith (084990 KS): Overhang on Phase 3 Clinical Trial Uncertainty Got Removed

Helixmith has received much awaited IDMC recommendations for phase 3 clinical trial for its lead candidate Engensis in diabetic neuropathy in US,...

Tina Banerjee

Signs of Disinflation?; Commodities Deteriorating; Another Bear Market Bounce; Pharma/Biotech Buys

A bear market bounce is underway after the SPX, QQQ, and IWM found support at their respective downtrend channels. Until these indexes can break...

Vermilion Research

Still Bearish, But On Watch for Bear Market Rally; Buying Toshiba 6502-JP, Defensive Sectors

The $DAX and Hang Seng are reversing their downtrends while China $MCHI and China Internet $KWEB are currently testing their respective multi-month...

Vermilion Research

Genor Biopharma (6998 HK): First Product Approved in China; Late-Stage Pipeline Entails Visibility

Genor obtained marketing approval for its first product in China, one more is expected this year. Commercial execution remains the key near-term...

Tina Banerjee

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