CBIO vs HPF Comparison

Crescent Biopharma Inc is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics to treat solid tumors, led by CR-001, a proprietary anti-PD-1/anti-VEGF bispecific antibody. Crescent believes CR-001 has the potential to deliver improved clinical efficacy and safety over pembrolizumab. CR-001 is a new molecular entity designed to replicate the functional properties of ivonescimab, a cooperative bispecific anti-PD-1/anti-VEGF antibody in development by Akeso Biopharma and Summit Therapeutics that delivered improved efficacy in a head-to-head Phase 3 clinical trial versus Keytruda in non-small cell lung cancer. Crescent is advancing its second and third programs, CR-002 and CR-003, which are antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) against validated oncology targets.

John Hancock Preferred Income Fund II is the United States based closed-end, diversified management investment company. Its primary objective is to provide a high level of current income consistent with preservation of capital. The fund's secondary investment objective is to provide growth of capital to the extent consistent with its primary investment objective. The fund's principal investment strategies include to invests a majority of its assets in preferred stocks and other preferred securities, including convertible preferred securities. Its portfolio composition consists of U.S preferred securities, common stocks, foreign preferred securities, corporate bonds, capital preferred securities and short-term investments.