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Analyst
Evan Seigerman
Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2024 Q4 – 2026 Q2 (7 quarters).
- Questions
- 56on tracked calls
- Challenge rate
- 4%2 of 56 questions
- Companies
- 10questioned at least once
- Reporting periods
- 7with questions
These figures cover the whole profile: every tracked question, all reporting periods.
How to read these numbers
Challenge rate is the share of questions that pushed back, pressed for specifics or questioned management’s assumptions. It describes how questions were asked on the calls tracked here; it does not measure whether any view turned out to be right.
Rounding. Rates are rounded to whole percentages, so a small share can show as 0% even when some questions were challenging. The count beside each rate is exact; “none of N questions” means no question was challenging.
No questions recorded. “—” means there is nothing to calculate: no questions were recorded for that period on the calls tracked here. It does not mean there was no activity.
Fewer than 3 questions. A company-level rate is withheld when fewer than 3 questions were recorded for that company; the questions are still counted everywhere else.
Small samples. Profiles with fewer than 10 questions are marked Limited sample.
Reporting periods. Questions are grouped by the calendar quarter each company’s fiscal reporting period maps to, not by the date of the call. Periods without a calendar mapping are listed separately under their fiscal label.
Questions asked
Grouped by company, most questions first. Open a company to read its questions, newest reporting period first.
Showing 56 of 56 questions from 10 companies
BMYBristol Myers Squibb8 questions · 6 reporting periods · 0 of 8 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
Can you just walk me through what excites you in biotech these days and kind of where you would look?
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Boerner gave the criteria (known therapeutic areas, compelling science, financial case) without naming targets, as the analyst pre-conceded.
Calendar 2026 Q1
Can you walk me through the aspects of the trial design, patient selection that increased your confidence
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Cristian detailed dose selection from Phase II, the 20,500-patient study design, and predefined noninferiority margins disclosed at 0.8% to 1.3%.
Calendar 2025 Q3
Can you just help frame how that maybe informs how you're thinking about your partnership with BioNTech
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Adam said competitive data adds conviction in broad pumitamig development. Cited multiple ongoing trials in NSCLC, SCLC, TNBC, MSS CRC, and gastric cancer. Focus on speed to first/second-to-market.
Calendar 2025 Q2
What attracts you to the partnership with them? Maybe walk me through some of the differentiation
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Chris emphasized first/second-to-market positioning learned from Opdivo. Samit highlighted PD-L1 tumor specificity as differentiation vs PD-1/VEGF inhibitors.
Calendar 2025 Q1
the potential impact positive impact on relaxed cardiac monitoring for Camzyos and how this could help accelerate sales
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Adam noted label change simplifies processes, opens COE capacity, and early customer feedback very positive. Over 15,000 US patients prescribed.
the potential implementation of most favored nation's pricing potentially, with regard to drug price negotiation in the IRA
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Chris agreed with administration on ex-US pricing differential but emphasized fixing US complexity, 65 cents of every dollar goes to middlemen.
Calendar 2024 Q4
can you walk us through kind of your process in determining why you went for Karuna
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Chris outlined disciplined BD framework: science conviction, strategic fit, financial rigor, and speed of execution as key factors.
What are you seeing in the field that's driving the uptake there
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Adam highlighted expanding prescriber base, high persistency, duration of therapy, and continued new patient adds each week.
PFEPfizer7 questions · 7 reporting periods · 0 of 7 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
Does the study need to reproduce the Phase I magnitude of benefit?
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Chris framed the MEVPRO-1 readout around the statistical analysis plan's ~30% benefit bar over standard of care; addressed the success definition directly.
Calendar 2026 Q1
what else do you need to see to potentially start buying back shares, especially at these levels?
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Dave signaled share buybacks moving into greater consideration with improved cash flow visibility from legal wins, but offered no specific timeline or quantum.
Calendar 2025 Q4
How what are some metrics you're putting around that? And more broadly, I just want to ensure that this is going to derive a good return
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Boshoff cited AI embedding across discovery, medical, regulatory, safety, and clinical execution measured by productivity, speed, and cost; Malik gave field force productivity and MROI optimization examples; Alexandre highlighted pre-call planning and advanced targeting; Bourla framed AI as key to taking cost out without affecting activity.
Calendar 2025 Q3
Assuming Metsera closes, what near-term factors must you consider to continue growing the dividend and then delevering
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Denton outlined productivity-driven deleveraging from 4x to 2.7x; will continue investing in key pipeline assets and launched products to offset LOEs; share repurchases not near-term priority given balance sheet rebuild needs post-Metsera.
Calendar 2025 Q2
what do you believe are the 2 or 3 assets that have the potential to really drive a positive IRR for the $42 billion or so that you spent?
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Bourla projected Seagen assets from $2B to $10B by 2030; Boshoff detailed SV Phase III fully recruited faster than expected, PDL1V Phase III for head and neck, and new TOPO1 payload ADCs in Phase I.
Calendar 2025 Q1
What are some key aspects of the profile that you're looking for either from an internal perspective or potentially externally?
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Boshoff cited 60% discontinuation rate for current obesity medicines as opportunity; emphasized tolerability, accessibility, and personalized combinations; Baum added commercial differentiation across indications.
Calendar 2024 Q4
can you walk me through how you plan on working with him as a likely head of HHS, especially with his views on vaccines
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Bourla acknowledged strong relationship with Trump from Warp Speed, personal meetings with Kennedy, and expressed cautious optimism that opportunities may outweigh risks.
VRTXVertex Pharmaceuticals7 questions · 7 reporting periods · 0 of 7 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
should we expect that the majority of the upside comes from accelerating patient starts with CASGEVY
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Charlie: ~$200M non-CF in H1, CASGEVY the bigger contributor; declined to split the H2 balance but confident in $500M+.
Calendar 2026 Q1
I want to expand a little bit on the discontinuation of VX-522. Anything else you can share on the tolerability issues?
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Reshma attributed VX-522 failure to inflammatory response to the LNP delivery system. Committed to pursuing nucleic acid therapies for the last 5,000 CF patients but acknowledged delivery remains the key challenge.
Calendar 2025 Q4
Just seems to be a more crowded rare disease. I would love for you to just touch on differentiates this asset
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Reshma cited ~200,000 US/EU patients, limitations of cycling-on/off therapies, compelling wild-type TACI data from China on MG-ADL scores, and pove's engineered superiority. Phase 2 dose-ranging study at 80mg and 240mg to initiate shortly.
Calendar 2025 Q3
Can you put the context of how important this is maybe in relationship to other competitive products that could be on the market
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Duncan emphasized that monthly dosing, small volume, and at-home auto-injector significantly reduce patient burden and improve adherence. Combined with mechanism and clinical data, these give pove best-in-class potential.
Calendar 2025 Q2
Can you kind of walk me through the rationale for prioritizing indications such as gMG, warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia
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Reshma cited combination of emerging clinical data from RUBY-3/RUBY-4, treatment landscape analysis, commercial opportunity, and pove's engineered best-in-class properties. Ready for FDA pivotal discussions on gMG.
Calendar 2025 Q1
what are some of the key hurdles that are accelerated -- that are kind of preventing the acceleration of the uptake
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Stuart cited progress on ATC activations, securing reimbursement globally, and growing center familiarity with the treatment process as drivers of Q1 acceleration expected to continue through 2025.
Calendar 2024 Q4
Talk to me a little bit about how your early discussions with payers have been progressing
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Stuart expressed confidence in broad access over time but declined to provide specific covered lives expectations or timeline guidance.
BIIBBiogen6 questions · 6 reporting periods · 1 of 6 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
My question: What do you think we, as investors, need to see to be convinced of that?
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Viehbacher built the market case from patient count, IgAN pricing analogue and the 80% Phase 2 resolution rate, but did not specify what data would convince investors.
Calendar 2026 Q1
Can you walk me through some of the drivers of this
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Alisha explained U.S. Q1 was impacted by Q4 inventory build and 2 fewer buying weeks. Demand on par. U.S. launch now in community phase where majority of patients come from single-script doctors finding older, slower-progressing patients. Robin noted ex-U.S. revenue exceeded U.S. for first time, with continued launches across 35 countries and reimbursement progression.
Calendar 2025 Q4
Should we think about what that could do to your top line growth for 2026 in the rare disease business
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Chris cited Japan launch running ahead of expectations with evidence of switchbacks. Higher efficacy at therapeutic levels faster. Market research suggests potential sales increase but actual data will tell. Key dynamic is efficacy (SPINRAZA) vs convenience (oral). Europe launch teams excited.
Calendar 2025 Q3
how this renewed focus can drive growth and pipeline expansion into the end of the decade
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Chris positioned Biogen as always having been an immunology company. Near-term focus on rare immunology and areas overlapping with existing expertise (lupus parallels MS). Longer-term (10 years), broader indications possible. Felzartamab exploring 3 additional non-kidney indications. Vanqua deal exemplifies early-stage portfolio building.
Calendar 2025 Q1
how that potential for at-home administration can help accelerate sales in the United States
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Chris explained subcu helps establish maintenance market by extending treatment life, reduces caregiver burden, and enables treatment in rural settings without infusion centers.
Calendar 2024 Q4
I want to touch very briefly on the use of GLP-1s in Alzheimer’s disease. Novo Nordisk has talked a lot about the EVOKE trial
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Priya acknowledged the scientific hypothesis but noted prior RCT failures including Novo liraglutide ELAD trial. Emphasized LEQEMBI addresses central pathology and will maintain important role regardless.
INCYIncyte6 questions · 6 reporting periods · 0 of 6 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
as you prepare to present the PDAC and CRC data later this year, what benchmarks should we use to judge success?
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Cagnoni named both benchmark sets, chemotherapy response rates and competitor combination data, and claimed potential best-in-class positioning in frontline pancreatic.
Calendar 2025 Q4
talk to me about how you plan to manage the placebo response to this trial, especially with it being tested in kind of the mild to moderate patient population
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Steven outlined three strategies: larger study size, minimum abscess/nodule requirements at entry, and using HiSCR75 as higher bar. Two studies designed to control artificial placebo response rate.
Calendar 2025 Q3
can you walk me through how the current pipeline needs to mature to drive growth to the Jakafi LOE
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Bill outlined 7 key programs: povo (3 indications), 989, 617F (2x 989 potential), G12D, TGF-beta x PD-1, CDK2, and Niktimvo. Need 2-3 of 7 to hit. Systematically building high-impact oncology portfolio.
Calendar 2025 Q2
can you remind us how you're thinking about sort of the peak opportunity for this product? And kind of has the launch trajectory in the early days change that
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Bill framed Rezurock as floor for Niktimvo. Mohamed said capturing 30% of in-play market by year-end could position ahead of analogs, with several hundred million in annual sales by 2028. Bill focused BD on chronic disease management in hem/onc and I&I.
Calendar 2025 Q1
you noted a slight reduction in inventory, which maybe dampened sales. Could you quantify the impact any further?
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Christiana quantified gap: 20% US revenue growth vs 24% demand growth due to holiday-driven Q4 inventory build normalizing. Matteo expects higher tube utilization driven by subscription growth.
Calendar 2024 Q4
Just walk me through some of the initial assumptions for the pediatric Opzelura launch. What does this initial uptake curve look like
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Matteo sized pediatric AD at 10-15% of total AD Opzelura business at peak. On adalimumab head-to-head, Herve deferred decision until Phase 3 data; noted real-world Humira dissatisfaction with rapid drug failure.
REGNRegeneron Pharmaceuticals6 questions · 6 reporting periods · 0 of 6 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
what are the key elements you want to preserve from the original collaboration?
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Schleifer explicitly limited the answer because negotiations are live, but signaled the original terms need updating to reflect Regeneron's changed scale.
Calendar 2026 Q1
walk me through the commercial considerations for developing your combo GLP-1/GIP plus Praluent
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Yancopoulos enthusiastically argued the GLP+Praluent combo would become the preferred GLP by offering weight loss plus 50%+ cholesterol reduction and cardiovascular benefit at competitive pricing.
Calendar 2025 Q4
what's differentiated about this asset from currently available standard of care and other advanced assets
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Schleifer said core differentiation is the Praluent co-formulation, not competing on weight loss alone. Yancopoulos added the agent has already been studied extensively in China with tirzepatide-like efficacy/safety. Called the combo a 'Trojan horse' for cardiovascular disease prevention.
Calendar 2025 Q3
can you walk me through some of the internal changes you've made with your regulatory manufacturing teams
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Schleifer defended regulatory team emphatically, no shortage of expertise or relationships. Attributed issues to fill/finish manufacturing dependency on third parties. Own fill/finish plant expected online next year. Noted even the biggest companies face same filler issues but don't disclose their CRLs.
Calendar 2025 Q2
with some of your key products marketed outside of the United States by partners, specifically European partners
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Schleifer highlighted the complexity that Regeneron does not control OUS pricing for EYLEA (controlled by Bayer), and said new contracts will need to address the MFN contingency for licensed products. Acknowledged this as a real wrinkle that needs to be figured out.
Calendar 2025 Q1
if you could redesign a way to provide patient assistance without the use of charities
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Schleifer advocated for executive action to allow direct manufacturer copay assistance for Medicare patients, arguing current system forces poor patients onto inferior treatments like Avastin.
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LLYLilly (Eli)5 questions · 5 reporting periods · 0 of 5 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q1
what do you need to see from either the I&I, neuroscience or oncology franchises to kind of match the scale
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Dan Skovronsky highlighted that immunology, oncology, and neuroscience collectively grew 160%. Each area has significant unmet medical need and business development opportunities like Syntessa and Orna acquisitions.
Calendar 2025 Q4
A year from now on this call, I'd love for you to characterize what you would ask for a good product launch
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Ken outlined three success factors: market expansion validation (oral Wegovy already showing mostly new starts), competitive real-world profile (simple with no food/water restrictions), and patient satisfaction scores. Emphasized excitement about oral market expansion evidence.
Calendar 2025 Q3
could you expand on what drives this view and how it has changed since the initiation of the program
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Dan explained excitement stems from TRAILBLAZER-1 and TRAILBLAZER-2 data showing largest treatment effects in earliest disease course patients. Prevention of progression outcomes were profound in early patients. No change in enthusiasm or confidence level for TRAILBLAZER-3 or TRAILRUNNER-3.
Calendar 2025 Q2
can you provide some practical examples of what you and the industry can do to help achieve the goals of getting price parity globally?
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Dave reiterated on-ramp via new products plus structural reforms on both sides. DTC channel provides real price transparency to consumers and employers.
Calendar 2025 Q1
Can you provide some additional detail on what FDA wants to see in regard to additional data and what you didn't have from the SUMMIT trial
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Dan explained FDA wants multiple confirmatory trials. Noted patients are already covered under obesity indication, questioning incentive for additional HFpEF outcome trials.
GILDGilead Sciences4 questions · 4 reporting periods · 1 of 4 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
The value proposition for Yes2Go was built around the eliminating the need co multiple pills
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Mercier said nothing has changed; the weekly oral targets patients still on daily orals and expands the market rather than substituting for the injectable.
Calendar 2025 Q3
Can you just talk to me about the level of appetite for additional BD and liver-focused indications such as NASH
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Andy described active BD evaluation across all strategic areas including liver, oncology, cell therapy, virology and immunology. Targets late-stage derisked assets every 2-3 years minimum. Emphasized disciplined approach while adding growth drivers.
Calendar 2025 Q2
If PrEP is removed as a preventative medicine broadly, how does this change your approach to commercialization
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Johanna noted prevention market was growing at same strong rates before USPSTF had practical effect. Descovy maintained 40%+ share and market grew pre-guidelines. Company would work closer with payers if changes occurred.
Calendar 2025 Q1
Are you seeing more share or competitive share capture from competitive cell therapy products or bispecifics
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Cindy described pressure from both in-class competitors and bispecifics. Outside US, in-class competition more prominent for Tecartus. US seeing new bispecific indications as well.
MRKMerck & Co., Inc.4 questions · 4 reporting periods · 0 of 4 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
What's the biggest risk to achieving this number? And conversely, which programs in the past 6 months
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Rob Davis said faster-than-expected sac-TMT, I-DXd, and tulisokibart readouts raised his confidence above January levels.
Calendar 2025 Q4
contextualize the importance of a dual regimen versus the standard of care of bictegravir Biktarvy
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Dean framed the two-drug regimen as an integrase-sparing option, highlighting daily, weekly (Gilead partnership) and monthly prep configurations across Merck's HIV portfolio.
Calendar 2025 Q3
can you just talk about the initial feedback, say, versus the competition
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Rob framed ENFLONSIA launch timing as a few weeks later than planned but feels good about positioning; no weight-based dosing is a differentiator.
Calendar 2025 Q2
I'd love if you could expand on your approach to diligencing assets between Chinese and Western companies
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Dean said Verona's FDA-approved first-in-class status was the key differentiator vs Chinese PDE3/4 alternatives, emphasizing Merck's uniform diligence standard.
AMGNAmgen Inc.3 questions · 3 reporting periods · 0 of 3 challenging
Calendar 2025 Q3
what you think needs to change from a policy perspective to encourage even more uptake of biosimilars.
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Bradway distinguished Part B vs Part D dynamics, expressed confidence in AMJEVITA's long-term success as rebate advantages erode over time. Noted biosimilar market is working well and cautioned against policies mimicking generic drug industry.
Calendar 2025 Q2
I'm really trying to understand kind of what's driving the volume. Is it increased penetration into that refractory population?
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Gordon attributed growth to compelling ASCO survival data, improved community setting operationalization of monitoring, and strong clinical conviction. Over half of doses now administered in community settings.
Calendar 2025 Q1
with the Q code in place, can you help us think about the near-term uptake of PAVBLU in the field?
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Gordon confirmed positive reception from retina specialists and ongoing contracting with larger groups, but did not provide specific uptake projections or directly address the patient assistance charity question.
Challenge rate by company
Every company this analyst questioned, most questions first. A company-level rate is shown from 3 questions; below that it is withheld.
| Company | Questions | Challenge rate |
|---|---|---|
| BMY Bristol Myers Squibb | 8 | 0%none of 8 questions |
| PFE Pfizer | 7 | 0%none of 7 questions |
| VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals | 7 | 0%none of 7 questions |
| BIIB Biogen | 6 | 17%1 of 6 questions |
| INCY Incyte | 6 | 0%none of 6 questions |
| REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | 6 | 0%none of 6 questions |
| LLY Lilly (Eli) | 5 | 0%none of 5 questions |
| GILD Gilead Sciences | 4 | 25%1 of 4 questions |
| MRK Merck & Co., Inc. | 4 | 0%none of 4 questions |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | 3 | 0%none of 3 questions |
- BMYBristol Myers Squibb · 8 questions0%none of 8 questions
- PFEPfizer · 7 questions0%none of 7 questions
- VRTXVertex Pharmaceuticals · 7 questions0%none of 7 questions
- BIIBBiogen · 6 questions17%1 of 6 questions
- INCYIncyte · 6 questions0%none of 6 questions
- REGNRegeneron Pharmaceuticals · 6 questions0%none of 6 questions
- LLYLilly (Eli) · 5 questions0%none of 5 questions
- GILDGilead Sciences · 4 questions25%1 of 4 questions
- MRKMerck & Co., Inc. · 4 questions0%none of 4 questions
- AMGNAmgen Inc. · 3 questions0%none of 3 questions
Activity by reporting period
Questions recorded for each calendar quarter that companies’ reporting periods map to (not the call date), with the challenge rate for that period. Periods inside the range with no questions are shown as “No questions recorded”.
| Calendar period | Questions | Challenge rate | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q4 | 6 | 0%none of 6 questions | 5 |
| 2025 Q1 | 10 | 0%none of 10 questions | 9 |
| 2025 Q2 | 9 | 0%none of 9 questions | 9 |
| 2025 Q3 | 10 | 0%none of 10 questions | 10 |
| 2025 Q4 | 7 | 0%none of 7 questions | 7 |
| 2026 Q1 | 6 | 0%none of 6 questions | 6 |
| 2026 Q2 | 8 | 25%2 of 8 questions | 8 |
- 2024 Q46 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 6 questions) · 5 companies
- 2025 Q110 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 10 questions) · 9 companies
- 2025 Q29 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 9 questions) · 9 companies
- 2025 Q310 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 10 questions) · 10 companies
- 2025 Q47 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 7 questions) · 7 companies
- 2026 Q16 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 6 questions) · 6 companies
- 2026 Q28 questions · challenge rate 25% (2 of 8 questions) · 8 companies
Topics
Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.
- Innovation & R&D23
- Competitive Dynamics15
- Product Launch15
- Demand10
- Regulation Policy10
- M&A9
- Revenue Growth8
- Capital Allocation5
- Pricing4
- Guidance Reliability1
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- Capex Investment1