ACV vs DBVT Comparison

Virtus AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund is a diversified, limited-term, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation while seeking to provide downside protection against capital loss. It invests in a diversified portfolio of convertible securities, income-producing equity securities, and income-producing debt and other instruments of varying maturities, of which a majority of the managed assets are invested in convertibles.

DBV Technologies SA is a clinical-stage specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on changing the field of immunotherapy by developing a novel technology platform called Viaskin. The therapeutic approach is based on epicutaneous immunotherapy or EPIT, its proprietary method of delivering biologically active compounds to the immune system through intact skin using Viaskin, an epicutaneous patch (i.e., a skin patch). Its main product candidate under development is Viaskin Peanut for the treatment of peanut-allergic patients. In addition, the company also has earlier-stage food allergy programs, including Viaskin Milk and Eosinophilic Esophagitis, or EoE.