JHS vs BMEA Comparison

John Hancock Income Securities Trust is a United States-based closed-ended diversified management investment company. Its primary objective is to generate a high level of current income consistent with prudent investment risk. The fund invests its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in income securities, consisting of marketable corporate debt securities, governmental obligations, and cash and commercial paper. A majority of its net assets are invested in debt securities that are rated, at the time of acquisition, investment-grade or in unrated securities determined by the Fund's investment advisor or subadvisor to be of comparable credit quality.

Biomea Fusion Inc is a clinical-stage diabetes and obesity medicines company focused on the discovery and development of oral covalent small-molecule drugs to treat patients with metabolic diseases. The company uses its proprietary FUSION System discovery platform to develop a pipeline of novel small-molecule product candidates. Its principal clinical program's drug candidate, icovamenib, is being developed as an orally bioavailable, selective covalent inhibitor of menin in two clinical and multiple preclinical studies, investigating icovamenib's potential in type 1 and type 2 diabetes, as well as its impact in obesity. The company is also developing BMF-650, an investigational, oral small-molecule GLP-1 RA, which has the potential to be a therapeutic option for diabetes and obesity.