Meet the Analyst Webinar- Healthcare (CNS)

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Date & Time: 23 September 2025, 5pm
In the sixth of an exclusive series of joint webinars Edison’s Neil Maruoka will be joined by Dr Arron Aatkar to discuss findings from a report focused on CNS. The report will be published early September.

Panel member:

Dr Arron Aatkar – Healthcare Analyst, Edison
Arron joined Edison’s healthcare team as an equity analyst in January 2023 and has covered over 30 companies within the sector since joining. Prior to this, he worked at GSK for four years and completed a PhD in chemical biology through the GSK/University of Strathclyde Collaborative PhD Programme. During this time, he conducted extensive research into novel therapeutic technologies, with a particular focus on covalent drug discovery, oncology, and various rare diseases. Arron also holds an integrated MSci degree in chemistry from the University of Bristol.

Host:

Neil Maruoka – Senior Analyst, Edison Group
Neil joined Edison in 2024 as a senior analyst, prior to this he was a senior equity research analyst and managing director at Canaccord Genuity from June 2006 until July 2018. During his time at Canaccord, Neil built the leading equity research franchise for the biotechnology and pharmaceuticals industries and was ranked as the number one equity research analyst in his sector by the prestigious Brendan Wood International survey. From 2018 to present, Neil has provided capital markets advisory services to both public and private companies and has authored several valuation opinion reports related to legal matters. Neil holds a BSc and MSc from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, and an MBA from the Ivey School of Business in Ontario.

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