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Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

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<ul><li>Biogen has had a particularly rough year so far.</li><li>After much anticipation, the company’s Alzheimer's disease drug, Aduhelm was launched amidst huge controversies with respect to its regulatory approval.</li><li>We give Biogen an ‘Underperform’ rating with a revised target price.</li></ul>

Biogen has had a particularly rough year so far.After much anticipation, the company’s Alzheimer's disease drug, Aduhelm was launched amidst huge controversies with respect to its regulatory approval.We give Biogen an ‘Underperform’ rating with a revised target price.

<ul><li>Biogen has had one of its most eventful years so far in the history of the company.</li><li>If the company surpasses these hurdles, it could be well-equipped for a long-term leadership in Alzheimer's disease.</li><li>Furthermore, Spinraza continued to perform very well outside the United States, with 23% revenue growth compared to the Q2 of last year.</li></ul>

Biogen has had one of its most eventful years so far in the history of the company.If the company surpasses these hurdles, it could be well-equipped for a long-term leadership in Alzheimer's disease.Furthermore, Spinraza continued to perform very well outside the United States, with 23% revenue growth compared to the Q2 of last year.

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Industry viewpoints:<ul>
<li>Considering the importance of blood products, the 14th Five-Year Plan will accelerate the construction of plasma stations in China so as to achieve the self-sufficiency in blood products.</li>
<li>Public health is the focus of the 14th Five-Year Plan for medical reform. Among them, due to the strong demand from the downstream, the medical IT industry is expected to usher in a faster development.</li>
<li>The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 would accelerate Chinese consumers' awareness and attention of immunonutrition products, such as the probiotics products.</li>
</ul>Company news:News about the updated progress on drugs and new cooperation agreements of <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>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jiangsu-hengrui-medicine-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14128:1" rel="noopener">Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine (600276 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/innocare-pharma-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28355:1" rel="noopener">InnoCare Pharma Ltd (9969 HK) </a>and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/remegen-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29191:1" rel="noopener">Remegen Co Ltd (9995 HK)</a>.Market review:Last week, stock price for healthcare sector in A share increased 2.61%, while CSI 300 increased 0.50% over the same period of timeRisk disclosure:Policy risk, R&amp;D risk, Company risk and COVID-19 risk.

Industry viewpoints:
Considering the importance of blood products, the 14th Five-Year Plan will accelerate the construction of plasma stations in China so as to achieve the self-sufficiency in blood products.
Public health is the focus of the 14th Five-Year Plan for medical reform. Among them, due to the strong demand from the downstream, the medical IT industry is expected to usher in a faster development.
The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 would accelerate Chinese consumers' awareness and attention of immunonutrition products, such as the probiotics products.
Company news:News about the updated progress on drugs and new cooperation agreements of Innovent Biologics Inc (1801 HK), Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine (600276 CH), InnoCare Pharma Ltd (9969 HK) and Remegen Co Ltd (9995 HK).Market review:Last week, stock price for healthcare sector in A share increased 2.61%, while CSI 300 increased 0.50% over the same period of timeRisk disclosure:Policy risk, R&amp;D risk, Company risk and COVID-19 risk.

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Granite Bay Capital is an innovation focussed investment company with a deep focus on the companies at the leading edge of innovation across major themes such as AI, ubiquitous computing, sustainability, automation and longevity.

Headline developments are all up in the air this week, starting with United Airlines (UAL) who have signed an agreement with Boom Supersonic (private) to add 15 of their $200m jets to the fleet, with the option of adding an additional 35, after certain safety, sustainability and operating metrics are met.

Headline developments are all up in the air this week, starting with United Airlines (UAL) who have signed an agreement with Boom Supersonic (private) to add 15 of their $200m jets to the fleet, with the option of adding an additional 35, after certain safety, sustainability and operating metrics are met.

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.

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A group of shareholders plans to raise around US$200m via selling a 4.6% stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/i-mab" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28384:1" rel="noopener">I-Mab (IMAB US).</a>
We have previously covered the IPO in:
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<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/i-mab-pre-ipo-strong-management-and-investor-backing-with-differentiated-products" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I-Mab (天境生物) Pre-IPO: Strong management and investor backing with differentiated products</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/i-mab-ipo-everest-deal-a-valuation-booster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I-Mab (天境生物) IPO: Everest Deal a Valuation Booster</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/i-mab-ipo-trading-tiny-float-and-undemanding-valuation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I-Mab (天境生物) IPO Trading: Tiny Float and Undemanding Valuation</a></li>
</ul></div><div>In this insight, we will talk about updates since then and run the deal through our ECM framework.</div>


A group of shareholders plans to raise around US$200m via selling a 4.6% stake in I-Mab (IMAB US).
We have previously covered the IPO in:

I-Mab (天境生物) Pre-IPO: Strong management and investor backing with differentiated products
I-Mab (天境生物) IPO: Everest Deal a Valuation Booster
I-Mab (天境生物) IPO Trading: Tiny Float and Undemanding Valuation
In this insight, we will talk about updates since then and run the deal through our ECM framework.

I-Mab Placement - Heading in the Right Direction

United States

Biogen Inc. develops, manufactures, and commercializes therapies, focusing on neurology, oncology, and immunology. The Company products address diseases such as multiple sclerosis, non-hodgkin's lymphoma, rheumatoid arthritis, crohn's disease, and psoriasis.

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Biogen (BIIB UW)

Biogen Inc. - Investment Thesis

Biogen has had a particularly rough year so far. After much anticipation, the company’s Alzheimer's disease drug, Aduhelm was launched amidst huge...

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Biogen Inc. - Investment Thesis

Biogen has had one of its most eventful years so far in the history of the company. If the company surpasses these hurdles, it could be...

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China Healthcare Weekly (July.16)

The article mainly analyzed China's plan to accelerate the construction of plasma stations, promising outlook of medical IT industry...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Weekly Innovation Review (WIRE) #35

Headline developments are all up in the air this week, starting with United Airlines (UAL) who have signed an agreement with Boom Supersonic

Granite Bay Capital

I-Mab Placement - Heading in the Right Direction

A group of shareholders plans to raise around US$200m via selling a 4.6% stake in I-Mab (IMAB US). We have previously covered the IPO as well.

Sumeet Singh

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