GDL vs ATHA Comparison

GDL Fund is a diversified closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to achieve absolute returns in various market conditions without excessive risk of capital. The fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in merger arbitrage transactions and, to a lesser extent, in corporate reorganizations involving stubs, spin-offs, and liquidations.

Athira Pharma Inc is a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing small molecules engineered to restore neuronal health and slow neurodegeneration. Its pipeline candidates are; Fosgonimeton (ATH-1017) is a small molecule drug candidate designed to enhance the activity of the neurotrophic hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) system; ATH-1020 a novel, orally available, next-generation small molecule drug candidate designed to positively modulate the neurotrophic HGF system; ATH-1105 is a novel, orally available, next-generation, small molecule drug candidate designed to positively modulate the neurotrophic HGF system.