HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Capital Markets

The United Laboratories International Holdings Limited / Equity Capital Markets

The United Laboratories International Holdings Limited

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<li>Last year, United Lab mainly relied on antibiotics to make money. However, after the pandemic is under control, antibiotic sales may decline. United Lab’s performance could be under pressure.</li>
<li>As a late comer, sales of United Lab’s weight management products could be lower than expected in the future under increasing competition. The veterinary drugs business requires time to cultivate.</li>
<li>RMB12 billion market value of United Lab has priced in all positive factors.There could be a pullback in valuation. RMB6 billion market value is a safe place to go long.</li>
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Last year, United Lab mainly relied on antibiotics to make money. However, after the pandemic is under control, antibiotic sales may decline. United Lab’s performance could be under pressure.
As a late comer, sales of United Lab’s weight management products could be lower than expected in the future under increasing competition. The veterinary drugs business requires time to cultivate.
RMB12 billion market value of United Lab has priced in all positive factors.There could be a pullback in valuation. RMB6 billion market value is a safe place to go long.


United Laboratories International Holdings Placement (3933.HK) - Valuation Pullback Seems Inevitable

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.

Innovent Biologics Inc / Equity Capital Markets

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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> (IB) aims to raise around US$313m for R&amp;D and marketing.</li>
<li>The company has undertaken a number of deals in the past, with the overall results being mixed.</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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Innovent Biologics Inc (1801 HK) (IB) aims to raise around US$313m for R&amp;D and marketing.
The company has undertaken a number of deals in the past, with the overall results being mixed.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Innovent Biologics Placement - Has Ample Cash but the Discount Is Enticing

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>2023 is a crucial year for Zai Lab.It’s the first time for Zai Lab to demonstrate the profitability of license-in model.If it fails, investors would lose confidence in the company.</li>
<li>There is little correlation between the four commercialized products, which makes commercialization difficult and leads to low efficiency/high costs for sales team. So, breakeven could be more distant than expected.</li>
<li>Zai Lab's current pipelines are hard to make money. There are concerns whether its business model is sustainable in the long term. As its valuation lacks an “anchor”, risk is high.</li>
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2023 is a crucial year for Zai Lab.It’s the first time for Zai Lab to demonstrate the profitability of license-in model.If it fails, investors would lose confidence in the company.
There is little correlation between the four commercialized products, which makes commercialization difficult and leads to low efficiency/high costs for sales team. So, breakeven could be more distant than expected.
Zai Lab's current pipelines are hard to make money. There are concerns whether its business model is sustainable in the long term. As its valuation lacks an “anchor”, risk is high.


Zai Lab (9688.HK/ZLAB.US) 2022/2023Q1 - The True Colors and the Risks Behind

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<li>Vancocin/Ceclor/FPN are currently the “cash cow” for Edding, but they’re facing the challenges of generics, VBP and increasing competition. Their current market leading position may be lost in the future.</li>
<li>Edding seeks business transformation as its CSO model doesn’t work under domestic negative policies. But peak sales of three innovative drugs Vascepa/Mulpleta/EDP 125 may not reach the level of Vancocin/Ceclor.</li>
<li>Edding’s core advantage still lies in sales capabilities. Its R&amp;D capabilities have always been questioned. It’s unsure whether the market would give high valuation to a company without core competitiveness.</li>
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Vancocin/Ceclor/FPN are currently the “cash cow” for Edding, but they’re facing the challenges of generics, VBP and increasing competition. Their current market leading position may be lost in the future.
Edding seeks business transformation as its CSO model doesn’t work under domestic negative policies. But peak sales of three innovative drugs Vascepa/Mulpleta/EDP 125 may not reach the level of Vancocin/Ceclor.
Edding’s core advantage still lies in sales capabilities. Its R&amp;D capabilities have always been questioned. It’s unsure whether the market would give high valuation to a company without core competitiveness.


Pre-IPO Edding Group - CSO Model Is Hard to Sustain, but Business Transformation Faces Challenges

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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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<li>Kelun-Biotech, a China-based integrated innovative biopharmaceutical company, plans to raise up to US$400m via a Hong Kong listing.</li>
<li>In our previous note, we examined the company's two core products, namely SKB264, a TROP2-ADC, and A166, a HER2-ADC.</li>
<li>In this note, we will provide a valuation for the company's key products.</li>
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Kelun-Biotech, a China-based integrated innovative biopharmaceutical company, plans to raise up to US$400m via a Hong Kong listing.
In our previous note, we examined the company's two core products, namely SKB264, a TROP2-ADC, and A166, a HER2-ADC.
In this note, we will provide a valuation for the company's key products.


Kelun-Biotech (科伦博泰) Pre-IPO: Thoughts on Valuation

China

Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. manufactures pharmaceutical products. The Company's products include large infusion products, tablets, capsules, antibiotic injection, lyophilized powder for injection, and traditional Chinese medicine.

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United Laboratories International Holdings Placement (3933.HK) - Valuation Pullback Seems Inevitable

United Lab is facing a performance decline when the dividend period of the pandemic has subsided. Weight management/veterinary drug businesses have...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Innovent Biologics Placement - Has Ample Cash but the Discount Is Enticing

Innovent Biologics Inc (1801 HK) (IB) aims to raise around US$313m for R&D and marketing. In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics and run the...

Sumeet Singh

Zai Lab (9688.HK/ZLAB.US) 2022/2023Q1 - The True Colors and the Risks Behind

In the insight, we analyzed major investment logic flaws of Zai Lab. As we expected, the company's performance is not ideal. The license-in model...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Pre-IPO Edding Group - CSO Model Is Hard to Sustain, but Business Transformation Faces Challenges

As once a leading CSO company in China, Edding’s core advantage still lies in sales capabilities. But changes in domestic policy/business...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Kelun-Biotech (科伦博泰) Pre-IPO: Thoughts on Valuation

Kelun Biotech is raising up to US$400m to list in Hong Kong. In this note we provide valuation for its core products, SKB264 and A166.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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