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Valiant Pharmaceuticals
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Valiant Pharmaceuticals is a publicly listed company tracked for investment-relevant business developments.

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latest high-conviction thesis
Chanos details Valiant's pro-forma accounting fraud as business model exploiting SEC rules▾

Valiant grew by acquiring off-patent drugs, booking purchase price as acquired R&D/goodwill, then adding back amortization as 'non-cash' to report pro-forma EPS while GAAP showed losses — a business model designed to exploit pro-forma accounting loopholes.

jim chanosT2Generating Alpha Podcast2025-07-31
confidence 78 / 100impact High
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  • •Chanos details Valiant's pro-forma accounting fraud as business model exploiting SEC rules

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