HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>BeiGene’s product sales in 2022H1 more than doubled YoY, which was a positive sign for commercialization. However, net loss further widened, mainly due to significantly high R&amp;D and SG&amp;A expenses.</li>
<li>Tislelizumab and zanubrutinib are not enough to support BeiGene’s high valuation. The success or failure of TIGIT project will be the key to determine how far BeiGene will go.</li>
<li>So far, it is still an indisputable fact that BeiGene has profitability issues. That's why it's hard for us to be optimistic about this company. </li>
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BeiGene’s product sales in 2022H1 more than doubled YoY, which was a positive sign for commercialization. However, net loss further widened, mainly due to significantly high R&amp;D and SG&amp;A expenses.
Tislelizumab and zanubrutinib are not enough to support BeiGene’s high valuation. The success or failure of TIGIT project will be the key to determine how far BeiGene will go.
So far, it is still an indisputable fact that BeiGene has profitability issues. That's why it's hard for us to be optimistic about this company. 


BeiGene (6160.HK/BGNE.US) 22H1- It Is an Indisputable Fact that BeiGene Is Difficult to Make Profits

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>IVD field ushered in the largest centralized procurement in history - the liver function biochemical testing reagents,which would bring great reshuffle effect to the competition pattern of biochemical diagnostics market.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/innovent-biologics-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27452:1" rel="noopener">Innovent Biologics Inc (1801 HK) </a>and Sanofi reached two major cooperation. Meanwhile, Innovent’s CCO Liu Min resigned. We deep dived the logic and impact behind. </li>
<li>For HK IPO, market participants have come up with ways to reduce issuance scale in an attempt to stabilize the performance of new shares after IPO, which wouldn’t help.</li>
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IVD field ushered in the largest centralized procurement in history - the liver function biochemical testing reagents,which would bring great reshuffle effect to the competition pattern of biochemical diagnostics market.

Innovent Biologics Inc (1801 HK) and Sanofi reached two major cooperation. Meanwhile, Innovent’s CCO Liu Min resigned. We deep dived the logic and impact behind. 
For HK IPO, market participants have come up with ways to reduce issuance scale in an attempt to stabilize the performance of new shares after IPO, which wouldn’t help.


China Healthcare Weekly (Aug.5) - HK IPO, Innovent, BeiGene, the Largest IVD Centralized Procurement

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

Legend Biotech Corp / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/legend-biotech-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28963:1" rel="noopener">Legend Biotech Corp (LEGN US)</a>, a non-wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/genscript-biotech-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21041:1" rel="noopener">Genscript Biotech (1548 HK)</a>, is planning to raise up to US$250m in its follow-on offering.</li>
<li>The company last raised cash in Dec 2021 in a similar sized deal, which ended up doing very well after a sharp share price correction.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and  run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Legend Biotech Corp (LEGN US), a non-wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed Genscript Biotech (1548 HK), is planning to raise up to US$250m in its follow-on offering.
The company last raised cash in Dec 2021 in a similar sized deal, which ended up doing very well after a sharp share price correction.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and  run the deal through our ECM framework.


Legend Biotech Follow-On - A Little Opportunistic. Last Deal Did Well, After a Large Correction

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pharmaron-beijing-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28428:1" rel="noopener"></a>Pharmaron’s share price plunged after the release of the estimate for 2022 interim results, even dragging down the entire CXO sector, which reflected the attitude of Mr Market.</li>
<li>One important reason for low net profit growth is related to the development strategy - Even if Pharmaron achieves  “integration”, its advantage/profit margin could largely shrink due to overcapacity/fierce competition.  </li>
<li>Pharmaron can only achieve V-shaped rebound by making breakthroughs in CGT CXO to boost valuations and expectations on outlook rather than pursue the strategy of “integration” as in the past.</li>
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Pharmaron’s share price plunged after the release of the estimate for 2022 interim results, even dragging down the entire CXO sector, which reflected the attitude of Mr Market.
One important reason for low net profit growth is related to the development strategy - Even if Pharmaron achieves  “integration”, its advantage/profit margin could largely shrink due to overcapacity/fierce competition.  
Pharmaron can only achieve V-shaped rebound by making breakthroughs in CGT CXO to boost valuations and expectations on outlook rather than pursue the strategy of “integration” as in the past.


Pharmaron Beijing Co Ltd (3759.HK/300759.CH) - The Story May Have Changed

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight Tencent and BYD that dominated the inflows last week.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight Tencent and BYD that dominated the inflows last week.


Hong Kong Connect Flows: 11 Weeks of Inflows

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Innovent Biologics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The Company develops, manufactures, and distributes monoclonal antibody drug candidates for the treatment of oncology, ophthalmology, autoimmune, cardiovascular, and other diseases. Innovent Biologics serves customers in China.

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Innovent Biologics Inc (1801 HK)

BeiGene (6160.HK/BGNE.US) 22H1- It Is an Indisputable Fact that BeiGene Is Difficult to Make Profits

Despite improved product sales, BeiGene’s future still depends on TIGIT project. It's hard to make profits due to high R&D and SG&A expenses....

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

China Healthcare Weekly (Aug.5) - HK IPO, Innovent, BeiGene, the Largest IVD Centralized Procurement

IVD field ushered in the largest VBP in history. Innovent/Sanofi reached major cooperation, and Innovent’s CCO resigned. We deep dived the logic...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Legend Biotech Follow-On - A Little Opportunistic. Last Deal Did Well, After a Large Correction

Legend Biotech Corp (LEGN US), a non-wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed Genscript Biotech (1548 HK), is planning to raise up to US$250m in...

Sumeet Singh

Pharmaron Beijing Co Ltd (3759.HK/300759.CH) - The Story May Have Changed

Due to overcapacity/fierce competition,Pharmaron is hard to achieve V-shaped rebound by the strategy of "integration".We are conservative about its...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Hong Kong Connect Flows: 11 Weeks of Inflows

Southbound connect recorded 11 weeks of consecutive inflows. We highlight Tencent and BYD that dominated the inflows last week.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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