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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

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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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Medlive Technology / Equity Capital Markets

Medlive is the largest medical content platform for physicians in China. The company launched book building to raise up to USD 543m via a Hong Kong listing.In our previous note, we discuss that the company has built a great user base of licensed physicians in China, which is rare among internet healthcare companies. Having said that, the monetization from its user base is low. While the near term revenue growth will still come from healthcare marketing services, the company is expanding into the digital chronic disease management segment which is still an underpenetrated market but it is in an infant stage of development without much of a track record. The company has robust financials but the size is small compared to other internet healthcare players. The company's management team is just OK. Given that it is profitable and the main shareholder M3 is listed, there weren't many rounds of capital raising and hence it lacks pre-IPO investors. In this note, we provide an update for the book building. We think there's valuation upside from both existing businesses and new business.

Medlive is the largest medical content platform for physicians in China. The company launched book building to raise up to USD 543m via a Hong Kong listing.In our previous note, we discuss that the company has built a great user base of licensed physicians in China, which is rare among internet healthcare companies. Having said that, the monetization from its user base is low. While the near term revenue growth will still come from healthcare marketing services, the company is expanding into the digital chronic disease management segment which is still an underpenetrated market but it is in an infant stage of development without much of a track record. The company has robust financials but the size is small compared to other internet healthcare players. The company's management team is just OK. Given that it is profitable and the main shareholder M3 is listed, there weren't many rounds of capital raising and hence it lacks pre-IPO investors. In this note, we provide an update for the book building. We think there's valuation upside from both existing businesses and new business.

Medlive (医脉通) IPO: Candidate for Multi-Bagger

APAC IPOs & Placements

Zhen Zhou, Toh

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/linkdoc-technology-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33499:1" rel="noopener">LinkDoc (LDOC US)</a> is looking to raise about US$500m in its upcoming U.S. IPO.LinkDoc is a data-driven and AI-enabled healthcare technology company. The company operates data-driven digital infrastructures to serve different stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem. The company has a focus on oncology with its patient care centres providing oncology patients with continuous care.In this note, we compare LinkDoc to other China healthcare companies.We have previously covered the IPO in: <ul><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/linkdoc-pre-ipo-intricately-embedded-in-the-oncology-industry" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:53324" rel="noopener">LinkDoc (零氪科技) Pre-IPO - Intricately Embedded in the Oncology Industry</a> </li></ul>

LinkDoc (LDOC US) is looking to raise about US$500m in its upcoming U.S. IPO.LinkDoc is a data-driven and AI-enabled healthcare technology company. The company operates data-driven digital infrastructures to serve different stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem. The company has a focus on oncology with its patient care centres providing oncology patients with continuous care.In this note, we compare LinkDoc to other China healthcare companies.We have previously covered the IPO in: LinkDoc (零氪科技) Pre-IPO - Intricately Embedded in the Oncology Industry 

LinkDoc (零氪科技) Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - A Niche that Doesn’t Give a Clear Advantage

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/medlive-technology-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32985:1" rel="noopener">Medlive Technology (MLT HK)</a> is the largest online professional physician platform in China as measured by the number of registered physician users as of 31 December 2020, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan. Medlive derives most of its revenue from providing solutions that facilitate healthcare marketing to physicians. Medlive ranked first among physician platform-based digital healthcare marketing service providers in China as measured by revenue in 2020, with a 21.4% market share, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan. Medlive is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise around $500 million, according to press reports.Medlive is a JV between <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/m3-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13316:1" rel="noopener">M3 Inc (2413 JP)</a> and Tiantian, each with 50% stakes. Medlive has been a consolidated subsidiary of M3, with M3 holding the right to nominate the majority of Medlive directors, but M3 will forego this right upon Medlive's listing. Also, upon listing, M3 will be deconsolidated (equity-method affiliate) from M3 financials. Digital healthcare marketing service providers focus on various aspects of the digital healthcare marketing market and have competitive advantages in different areas. For example, internet hospitals and pharmaceutical e-commerce platforms, such as <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ping-an-healthcare-and-technology-company-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27008:1" rel="noopener">Ping An Healthcare and Technology Company Limited (1833 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jd-health-international-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29677:1" rel="noopener">JD Health (6618 HK)</a>, have large consumer user bases for advertising and selling non-prescription drugs. Medlive believes that it can compete with these players for a slice of healthcare companies’ marketing budgets due to its large and engaged physician user base, which enables it to reach a wider group of physicians more efficiently and achieve a better return on marketing spending. <div class="content-highlight">Medlive has strong fundamentals due to fast-paced revenue growth, rising margin and strong cash generation. Overall, we believe that the Medlive IPO is worth a look. </div>For readers interested in IPOs of upcoming healthtech companies, we highlight: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/linkdoc-technology-ipo-initiation-building-with-big-data" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:53384" rel="noopener">LinkDoc Technology IPO Initiation: Building with Big Data</a> <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/we-doctor-ipo-initiation-patient-revolution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:50009" rel="noopener">We Doctor IPO Initiation: Patient Revolution</a>

Medlive Technology (MLT HK) is the largest online professional physician platform in China as measured by the number of registered physician users as of 31 December 2020, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan. Medlive derives most of its revenue from providing solutions that facilitate healthcare marketing to physicians. Medlive ranked first among physician platform-based digital healthcare marketing service providers in China as measured by revenue in 2020, with a 21.4% market share, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan. Medlive is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise around $500 million, according to press reports.Medlive is a JV between M3 Inc (2413 JP) and Tiantian, each with 50% stakes. Medlive has been a consolidated subsidiary of M3, with M3 holding the right to nominate the majority of Medlive directors, but M3 will forego this right upon Medlive's listing. Also, upon listing, M3 will be deconsolidated (equity-method affiliate) from M3 financials. Digital healthcare marketing service providers focus on various aspects of the digital healthcare marketing market and have competitive advantages in different areas. For example, internet hospitals and pharmaceutical e-commerce platforms, such as Ping An Healthcare and Technology Company Limited (1833 HK) and JD Health (6618 HK), have large consumer user bases for advertising and selling non-prescription drugs. Medlive believes that it can compete with these players for a slice of healthcare companies’ marketing budgets due to its large and engaged physician user base, which enables it to reach a wider group of physicians more efficiently and achieve a better return on marketing spending. Medlive has strong fundamentals due to fast-paced revenue growth, rising margin and strong cash generation. Overall, we believe that the Medlive IPO is worth a look. For readers interested in IPOs of upcoming healthtech companies, we highlight: LinkDoc Technology IPO Initiation: Building with Big Data We Doctor IPO Initiation: Patient Revolution 

Medlive Technology IPO Initiation: What's Up, Doc?

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

After <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yidu-tech-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29245:1" rel="noopener">Yidu Tech Inc (2158 HK)</a>  was successfully listed on the HKEX in January this year, another healthcare big data company, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/linkdoc-technology-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33499:1" rel="noopener">LinkDoc (LDOC US)</a>, has filed for an IPO in the U.S. recently. However, it should not be ignored that although the market size is growing, the China healthcare big data industry is still in its early days. Meanwhile, it is worth mentioning that the market value of Yidu Tech has dropped from over HK$60 billion at the time of listing to about HK$40 billion by the end of June 23, 2021. So, how is the prospects of LinkDoc’s IPO? This article mainly analyzed the concerns that worth the attention of investors.

After Yidu Tech Inc (2158 HK)  was successfully listed on the HKEX in January this year, another healthcare big data company, LinkDoc (LDOC US), has filed for an IPO in the U.S. recently. However, it should not be ignored that although the market size is growing, the China healthcare big data industry is still in its early days. Meanwhile, it is worth mentioning that the market value of Yidu Tech has dropped from over HK$60 billion at the time of listing to about HK$40 billion by the end of June 23, 2021. So, how is the prospects of LinkDoc’s IPO? This article mainly analyzed the concerns that worth the attention of investors.

LinkDoc Technology (LDOC.US) - Here Are the Concerns

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/linkdoc-technology-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33499:1" rel="noopener">LinkDoc (LDOC US)</a> is a Chinese healthtech company. LinkDoc consists of LinkCare, a digital care platform for patients with critical diseases, LinkData, an AI-enabled curation system for longitudinal medical data, and LinkSolutions, a data-driven precision life sciences solution platform that helps life sciences companies accelerate clinical research and real-world adoptionLinkDoc is backed by Temasek (11.7% of outstanding shares), NEA Partners (10.2%), China Broadband Capital (9.2%), <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-health-information-technology-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:453:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba Health Information Technology (241 HK)</a> (8.4%) and MBK Partners (6.3%). LinkDoc is pre-marketing a Nasdaq IPO to raise as much as $500 million, according to press reports.LinkDoc is a play on China’s healthcare industry rising spend on IT and data services. In China, oncology has the highest growth in healthcare spend among all therapeutic areas as China has the world’s largest oncology patient pool. Big data solutions adoption has been one of the key trends of realising value from large data troves and oncology has been a major part of the healthcare big data market.<div class="content-highlight">LinkDoc focuses on oncology and has established the largest online oncology physician and patient engagement community in China. LinkDoc is benefiting from these trends by delivering solid growth and steadily reducing loss margins. Overall, we believe that LinkDoc is an attractive play on these market dynamics.</div>

LinkDoc (LDOC US) is a Chinese healthtech company. LinkDoc consists of LinkCare, a digital care platform for patients with critical diseases, LinkData, an AI-enabled curation system for longitudinal medical data, and LinkSolutions, a data-driven precision life sciences solution platform that helps life sciences companies accelerate clinical research and real-world adoptionLinkDoc is backed by Temasek (11.7% of outstanding shares), NEA Partners (10.2%), China Broadband Capital (9.2%), Alibaba Health Information Technology (241 HK) (8.4%) and MBK Partners (6.3%). LinkDoc is pre-marketing a Nasdaq IPO to raise as much as $500 million, according to press reports.LinkDoc is a play on China’s healthcare industry rising spend on IT and data services. In China, oncology has the highest growth in healthcare spend among all therapeutic areas as China has the world’s largest oncology patient pool. Big data solutions adoption has been one of the key trends of realising value from large data troves and oncology has been a major part of the healthcare big data market.LinkDoc focuses on oncology and has established the largest online oncology physician and patient engagement community in China. LinkDoc is benefiting from these trends by delivering solid growth and steadily reducing loss margins. Overall, we believe that LinkDoc is an attractive play on these market dynamics.

LinkDoc Technology IPO Initiation: Building with Big Data

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JD Health International Inc. operates drug stores. The Company retails Chinese and Western medicines, nutrition products, health care products, and other products. JD Health International markets its products throughout China.

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Medlive (医脉通) IPO: Candidate for Multi-Bagger

We look at the deal term of Medlive IPO and provide an update for the book building. We think there's substantial upside from both its existing...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

LinkDoc (零氪科技) Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - A Niche that Doesn’t Give a Clear Advantage

LinkDoc (LDOC US) is looking to raise about US$500m in its upcoming U.S. IPO. LinkDoc is a data-driven and AI-enabled healthcare technology company.

Zhen Zhou, Toh

Medlive Technology IPO Initiation: What's Up, Doc?

Medlive is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise around $500 million, according to press reports. The fundamentals are strong due to fast-paced...

Arun George

LinkDoc Technology (LDOC.US) - Here Are the Concerns

This article mainly analyzed concerns on LinkDoc in terms of main revenue source, profitability compared with peers, investment in R&D, barriers on...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

LinkDoc Technology IPO Initiation: Building with Big Data

LinkDoc is pre-marketing a Nasdaq IPO to raise as much as $500 million, according to press reports. Overall, we believe that LinkDoc’s fundamentals...

Arun George

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