HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>As one of the few CXOs in the industry that has layout of the whole industry chain, Pharmaron carries many expectations. But it cannot compete with WuXi AppTec so far.</li>
<li>If Pharmaron could make breakthrough either in its CMC services (improving gross profit margin and scale) or the CGT services, the Company’s outlook and valuation logic would improve greatly.</li>
<li>The valuation of Pharmaron should be lower than WuXi AppTec and WuXi Biologics, but higher than Asymchem, Tigermed and Joinn. Considering the macro uncertainties, short-term trades are advised.</li>
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As one of the few CXOs in the industry that has layout of the whole industry chain, Pharmaron carries many expectations. But it cannot compete with WuXi AppTec so far.
If Pharmaron could make breakthrough either in its CMC services (improving gross profit margin and scale) or the CGT services, the Company’s outlook and valuation logic would improve greatly.
The valuation of Pharmaron should be lower than WuXi AppTec and WuXi Biologics, but higher than Asymchem, Tigermed and Joinn. Considering the macro uncertainties, short-term trades are advised.


Pharmaron Beijing Co Ltd (3759.HK/300759.CH) 2022/2021Q1 Results- Expectations Coexist with Concerns

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/eli-lilly-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19419:1" rel="noopener">Eli Lilly'</a>s development strategy is worth learning from, which explains the investment logic of a lot of “smart money” and can also be used for reference by domestic pharmaceutical companies.</li>
<li>For CGT, before detail policies on how to properly commercialize CGT in China released, CXO with related R&amp;D capabilities could be a better investment option at the current stage.</li>
<li>The overall sleep situation of Chinese people is not optimistic, leading to the rapid development of China's sleep economy. Meanwhile, we also recommend that investors pay attention to sleep quality.</li>
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Eli Lilly's development strategy is worth learning from, which explains the investment logic of a lot of “smart money” and can also be used for reference by domestic pharmaceutical companies.
For CGT, before detail policies on how to properly commercialize CGT in China released, CXO with related R&amp;D capabilities could be a better investment option at the current stage.
The overall sleep situation of Chinese people is not optimistic, leading to the rapid development of China's sleep economy. Meanwhile, we also recommend that investors pay attention to sleep quality.


China Healthcare Weekly (Mar.25)- Viable Business Model for Pharma, CXO for CGT, China Sleep Economy

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<li>China attaches great importance to gene therapy and related products, which would be a leader of the third industrial revolution in biomedicine and have broad prospects for future development.</li>
<li>With obvious strength in this field,<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>’s businesses are in line with the future trend and the outlook is also quite promising, indicating exponential growth potential in valuation.</li>
<li>However, the potential risks on deterioration of international relations and the concerns on CAR-T commercialization should not be neglected by investors.</li>
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China attaches great importance to gene therapy and related products, which would be a leader of the third industrial revolution in biomedicine and have broad prospects for future development.
With obvious strength in this field,Genscript Biotech (1548 HK)’s businesses are in line with the future trend and the outlook is also quite promising, indicating exponential growth potential in valuation.
However, the potential risks on deterioration of international relations and the concerns on CAR-T commercialization should not be neglected by investors.


Genscript Biotech (1548.HK) - The Strength and the Concerns

Porton Pharma Solutions / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Porton made a successful turnaround and the CGT business layout is also in the right direction. The US$217 million new order would improve the certainties of its 2022 performance.</li>
<li>The concerns on potential deterioration of international relations and the broken logic in CXO sector also apply to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/porton-pharma-solutions-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14201:1" rel="noopener">Porton Pharma Solutions (300363 CH)</a>, which should be aware of by investors.</li>
<li>So, there is a long way to go for Porton to truly get into the first tier. It may not be a good buying point currently considering the high valuation.</li>
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Porton made a successful turnaround and the CGT business layout is also in the right direction. The US$217 million new order would improve the certainties of its 2022 performance.
The concerns on potential deterioration of international relations and the broken logic in CXO sector also apply to Porton Pharma Solutions (300363 CH), which should be aware of by investors.
So, there is a long way to go for Porton to truly get into the first tier. It may not be a good buying point currently considering the high valuation.


Porton Pharma Solutions (300363.CH) - Not Easy to Get into the First Tier

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 looking US$300m in its follow-on offering.</li>
<li>The company was only listed in June 2020. It has traded well since IPO, about 111% up from its IPO price as of Tuesday’s close price. </li>
<li>But its offering was untimely, coinciding with the US blacklist that was just announced today.</li>
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Legend Biotech Corp (LEGN US) a non-wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed Genscript Biotech (1548 HK), is looking US$300m in its follow-on offering.
The company was only listed in June 2020. It has traded well since IPO, about 111% up from its IPO price as of Tuesday’s close price. 
But its offering was untimely, coinciding with the US blacklist that was just announced today.


Legend Biotech (传奇生物) Follow-On Offering - Untimely Raise

Hong Kong

Genscript Biotech Corp is biotech service company. The Company provides life science services and products and pre-clinical drug development services.

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