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In this episode of PharmaTelevision News Review, Fintan Walton talks with Selena Chaisson, Director of Healthcare Investments at Bailard.

Filmed at AusBiotech 2009, they discuss:

• 2009 performance in the public markets
• Bailard's criteria for investment
• how investing at early stages is the way forward
• IPO potential, with more to come in Biotech
• scouting Australia for new investment opportunities

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Bailard:The funds and activities.

Fintan Walton:

Hello and welcome to PharmaTelevision News Review here in Melbourne, Australia on this show I have Selene Chaisson who is the director of Investments at Bailard Investments, welcome to the show.

Selene Chaisson:

Thank you, Thank you for inviting me.

Fintan Walton:

Selene Chaisson you are a been in the investing in healthcare for many many years. You've got for with some of the larger funds in the US investing in healthcare. You are currently at Bailard and you are investing in publicly quoted companies and you've got a number of funds could you tell us a little bit about Bailard and the activities you have right now?

Selene Chaisson:

Yeah Bailard is a primarily high networth individuals and we have about 1.6 billion under management currently and about half of that is in real estate investments and the other half is in equities and there are three funds that can invest in life sciences companies. One is an emerging growth fund, the other is a small cap value fund and then that we have our emerging life sciences fund.

Fintan Walton:

So the size of these funds give us some idea.

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Selena Chaisson

Director of Healthcare Investments

Experience: 14 years; 3 years with firm As a member of Bailard's asset management team, Selene Chaisson focuses on highly specialized, emerging healthcare opportunities. Before joining Bailard, she was Global Sector Head of the Healthcare research team at RCM and lead analyst and manager of the RCM Biotechnology and RCM Global Healthcare funds. Selene Chaisson also worked with RCM from 1994 to 1999, when she helped establish the RCM Biotechnology and RCM Global Healthcare funds. In 1999, Selene Chaisson left RCM to join Julian Robertson's investment team at Tiger Management. In 2002, she started her own firm, Coyote Capital, where she successfully launched and managed her own hedge fund and provided investment advisory services to SAC. Selene Chaisson received a BS in microbiology in 1987 from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. She earned her MBA and MD from Stanford University in 1992 and 1993, respectively. Selene Chaisson personal interests include running and spending time with her two Chihuahuas.

Bailard

We at Bailard offer innovative, well-designed investment products to insitutional and individual investors. Our mission is to create investment opportunities for clients through our: Think-tank cultures Our disciplined, collaborative approach to investment management stimulates innovative thinking and enables us to find new ways to make money for our clients. Different view of risk Our approach to risk is disciplined and intelligent and seeks to offer clients the opportunity for solid returns and a smoother ride. Stability and agility We've lived through market cycles, seen bubbles come and go. Our collective knowledge and long-term perspective enable us to nimbly adapt to market changes and find value for our clients. Refreshing approach to client service It's personal, dialogical, and focused on building long-term relationships. It's all about identifying issues, solving problems, and making money for our clients. And it works: many of our clients have been with us for more than two decades.