Wedbush Securities

Wedbush Securities is a privately held financial services and investment banking firm founded in 1955, headquartered in Los Angeles (moving to Pasadena in 2025). The company provides wealth management, brokerage, advisory, investment banking, capital markets, and clearing/execution services. While not a life sciences or healthcare company itself, it has significant expertise and activity in healthcare sector investment banking and equity research. Its dedicated healthcare group specializes in biopharma, medical technology, life science tools, and diagnostics companies at all stages of development[2][3][9]. The firm's equity research team covers over 100 publicly traded biotechnology companies[10].