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Speaker 1: Business flash. This is taking stock with pin Box and

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Speaker 1: Kathleen Hayes on Bloomberg Radio. The shares of Valiant of

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Speaker 1: Pharmaceuticals hired right Now by more than twenty percent, even

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Speaker 1: though it posted a wider loss in its latest quarter.

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Speaker 1: But the company says it's going to reorganize and continuing

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Speaker 1: to remake itself as a conventional pharmaceutical firm. Here to

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Speaker 1: tell us more is Liz Kruda Hollow, Specialty Pharma and

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Speaker 1: Biotech analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, and you can follow Liz

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Speaker 1: on Twitter at Liz Underscore Kruda Hollow. Liz, thanks very

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Speaker 1: much for joining us. Tell us about Valiant Pharmaceuticals and

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Speaker 1: why is the stock surging. Yeah, so most people were

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Speaker 1: that to did not look all that promising on those metrics.

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Speaker 1: Now that they have to reaffirm their guidance in order

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Speaker 1: so that's certainly part of it. So most of their

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Speaker 1: and that could be something that would be about two

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Speaker 1: and repay their debts for the year. The chief executive

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Speaker 1: goal here and that's certainly what we would like to

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Speaker 1: see on That's what most investors are really looking for

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Speaker 1: a complete turnaround in strategy, as it's clear that the

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Speaker 1: increases really is no longer sustainable. So Papa comes from Parago,

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Speaker 1: which is mostly age generic and consumer health company, so

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Speaker 1: in the pharmaceutical industry that is surging today is Endo

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