TD Cowen Insights

Recorded on 03/15/24 TD Cowen Analyst Yaron Werber speaks with award-winning biotech journalist Luke Timmerman about Luke’s love of mountaineering, and how he has been able to leverage his passion and expertise for a great cause with his Timmerman Traverse treks. These expeditions bring together diverse and intrepid groups of biotech professionals to undertake climbs such as Mount Kilimanjaro, the Presidential Traverse, or Mount Everest Base Camp as fundraising campaigns to battle cancer, poverty, and soon sickle cell disease, with $9M raised to date. For Disclosures, click here bit.ly/3cPHkNW https://go.td.com/PodcastDisclosure

Recorded on 03/18/23 In this episode, Roman Schweizer, TD Cowen's WRG Geopolitics & Defense Analyst, discusses the recently released FY25 DoD budget with a reporter roundtable and a panel of budget experts. For Disclosures, click here bit.ly/3cPHkNW https://go.td.com/PodcastDisclosure

Recorded on 02/21/24 Optimize Your Face With The Resurfacing Compound. Tina Chen Craig reveals the secrets to U Beauty’s customer & science-centric innovation. U Beauty, founded in 2019, became famous with their hero product, their daily all-in-one Resurfacing Compound serum. U Beauty’s SIREN Capsule Technology focuses treatment on specific skin areas & neutralizes free radicals. The modern beauty market is overwhelming and filled with new ingredients, techniques, experiences, and brands, making efficacy and education a key priority for brands. TD Cowen’s New Platforms, Retail & Luxury Analyst Oliver Chen speaks with Tina Chen Craig, founder of U Beauty, to discuss how U Beauty is tackling cosmetic confusion through results-oriented, multi-tasking products. We discuss the rise of "skintellectuals," key digital vs. brick & mortar distribution considerations, marketing strategy, and how to outperform in an increasingly competitive beauty industry. For Disclosures, click here bit.ly/3cPHkNW https://go.td.com/PodcastDisclosure

Recorded on 03/08/24 In this episode, TD Cowen Washington Research Group’s Chris Krueger discusses the main 3 topics for the 2024 election – the Presidential race between Biden and Trump (with 4 key variables), the Congressional undercard, and what all this means for policy in 2025 and beyond. For Disclosures, click here bit.ly/3cPHkNW https://go.td.com/PodcastDisclosure

Recorded on 02/21/24 We sat down with Stefano Curti, Chief Brands Officer for Consumer Beauty, to highlight some of our key takeaways from our Glowing Ahead Beauty & Wellness Summit on February 13, 2024, and explore COTY’s opportunities that leverage fragrance, distribution & innovation expertise. For Disclosures, click here bit.ly/3cPHkNW https://go.td.com/PodcastDisclosure

Recorded on 02/15/24 In this episode, TD Cowen Washington Research Group’s Chris Krueger breaks down three areas to watch in the next six weeks: 1) the fate of the two fiscal packages & looming government shutdown risk, 2) special election takeaways & impact on 2024, and 3) a catalyst-rich policy environment through Q1. For Disclosures, click here bit.ly/3cPHkNW https://go.td.com/PodcastDisclosure

Recorded on 02/15/24 In this episode, TD Cowen Analysts Roman Schweizer, Cai von Rumohr, and Gautam Khanna discuss a few of their key observations and takeaways from this year’s Aerospace & Defense Conference. For Disclosures, click here bit.ly/3cPHkNW https://go.td.com/PodcastDisclosure

Recorded on 02/05/24 TD Cowen hosts Jason Karp, Founder & CEO of HumanCo, on this episode of Retail Visionaries. HumanCo is a holding company focused on delivering better-for-you products that make it easy to live a healthy life. This episode covers Jason's career from hedge fund manager to growing several food brands and starting HumanCo. For Disclosures, click here bit.ly/3cPHkNW https://go.td.com/PodcastDisclosure

Recorded on 02/06/24 In this episode, we take a look at the changing landscape for pharmacy reimbursement and the push towards a cost-plus model of reimbursement. Over the last few decades, growth in pharmaceutical utilization and an increasing mix of specialty drugs has helped drive strong performance for many participants in the pharmaceutical supply chain. As the largest channel for prescriptions, retail pharmacies have been an important part of helping drive growth in the industry. However, pharmacies, having faced years of margin pressure, have not seen the same degree of benefit as others in the supply chain. For many years, pharmacies have dealt with lack of transparency in how drugs are priced, as well as uncertainty about whether reimbursement will adequately cover the cost of drugs and time associated with patient care. For more than a decade, with increasing levels of generic substitution, retail pharmacies have been able to manage their margins by cross subsidizing potential losses they would see on brand drugs with the profits they would gain on generics. But, with generics now making up more than 90% of prescriptions, the benefit from generic conversions and the ability to cross-subsidize has been maxed out and the pharmacy reimbursement model is clearly in need of change. To help us discuss this topic, we're joined by Michael Rothrock, who brings more than 20 years of experience within Managed Care as well as the PBM industry. Before starting Allegheny Strategic Partners, Mr. Rothrock was the VP of Pharma Strategy and Contracting at Express Scripts, where he was responsible for leading Commercial and Medicare formulary contracting and strategy. For Disclosures, click here bit.ly/3cPHkNW https://go.td.com/PodcastDisclosure

Recorded on 01/23/24 Furnishing Dreams & Disrupting an Industry. TD Cowen hosts Shawn Nelson, Founder & CEO of Lovesac, on this episode of Retail Visionaries. Lovesac is a modern furniture brand with fully customizable products such as The World’s Most Adaptive CouchTM & The World’s Most Comfortable SeatTM. We explore strategies & lessons from a high-end direct-to consumer retailer with 200+ showrooms. For Disclosures, click here bit.ly/3cPHkNW https://go.td.com/PodcastDisclosure