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Baptista Research

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.

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

<ul><li>Gilead Sciences has entered 2026 with unusually broad strategic momentum: the company closed out 2025 with strong HIV performance, rising contributions from liver disease, a catalyst-rich oncology pipeline, and guidance for continued base-business growth despite policy and pricing headwinds.</li><li>Against that backdrop, its plan to acquire Ouro Medicines for up to roughly $2.18 billion stands out as more than a simple bolt-on transaction.</li><li>The proposed structure includes about $1.68 billion in cash upfront and up to $500 million in milestone payments, while a parallel collaboration with Galapagos would split much of the financial burden and operational responsibility tied to the acquired assets.</li></ul>

Gilead Sciences has entered 2026 with unusually broad strategic momentum: the company closed out 2025 with strong HIV performance, rising contributions from liver disease, a catalyst-rich oncology pipeline, and guidance for continued base-business growth despite policy and pricing headwinds.Against that backdrop, its plan to acquire Ouro Medicines for up to roughly $2.18 billion stands out as more than a simple bolt-on transaction.The proposed structure includes about $1.68 billion in cash upfront and up to $500 million in milestone payments, while a parallel collaboration with Galapagos would split much of the financial burden and operational responsibility tied to the acquired assets.

Gilead Sciences' Ouro Medicines Acquisition: Is This $2.18B Bet Its Next Growth Engine?