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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>Merck is making headlines again, this time for reportedly circling Revolution Medicines in what could be one of the largest biotech acquisitions of 2026.</li><li>According to recent reports, Merck is in advanced discussions to acquire Revolution for somewhere between $28 billion and $32 billion, a potential move that underscores its push to diversify beyond its blockbuster immunotherapy Keytruda.</li><li>The acquisition chatter comes just months after Merck wrapped up its $10 billion Verona Pharma buyout and a $9.2 billion deal for antiviral player Cidara.</li></ul>

Merck is making headlines again, this time for reportedly circling Revolution Medicines in what could be one of the largest biotech acquisitions of 2026.According to recent reports, Merck is in advanced discussions to acquire Revolution for somewhere between $28 billion and $32 billion, a potential move that underscores its push to diversify beyond its blockbuster immunotherapy Keytruda.The acquisition chatter comes just months after Merck wrapped up its $10 billion Verona Pharma buyout and a $9.2 billion deal for antiviral player Cidara.

Merck Revolution Medicines Acquisition: How A RAS Cancer Deal Could Offset The Keytruda Cliff!

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Merck Revolution Medicines Acquisition: How A RAS Cancer Deal Could Offset The Keytruda Cliff!