PHAR vs BBDC Comparison

Pharming Group is a biopharmaceutical company focused in transforming the lives of patients with rare, debilitating, and life-threatening diseases. The company is actively developing and commercializing a diverse portfolio of innovative treatments, including both biologics and small molecule therapies. Its commercial products are RUCONEST, approved for the treatment of acute attacks in adult and adolescent patients with hereditary angioedema, or HAE; and Joenja (leniolisib), a small-molecule kinase inhibitor, developed for the treatment of activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome.

Barings BDC Inc operates as a closed-end, non-diversified investment company and has elected to be treated as a business development company. The company's investment objective is to generate current income by investing directly in privately held middle-market companies to help these companies fund acquisitions, growth, or refinancing. Barings employs fundamental credit analysis and targets investments in businesses with low levels of cyclicality and operating risk relative to other businesses in this market segment. The holding size of each position will generally be dependent upon a number of factors including total facility size, pricing and structure, and the number of other lenders in the facility.