IVA vs PFD Comparison

Inventiva SA is a France-based biopharmaceutical company specialized in developing drugs that impact on nuclear receptors, transcription factors and epigenetic modulation. The company is focused on developing its product candidate, lanifibranor, for the treatment of patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, a disease for which there are currently no approved therapies. The company is also involved in developing a portfolio of pre-clinical therapy programs. It operates in the segment of Service delivery and clinical stage research, notably into therapies in the areas of oncology, fibrosis, and rare diseases. All the company's operations are in France. Majority of the group's revenue is derived from its research partnerships with AbbVie and BI.

Flaherty & Crumrine Prefd Inc Fund Inc is a United States-based diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide its common shareholders with high current income consistent with the preservation of capital. The fund invests in a diversified portfolio of preferred securities, which includes traditional preferred stocks eligible for the inter-corporate dividends received a deduction and fully taxable preferred securities.