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Arun George

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CARSgen Therapeutics / Equity Capital Markets

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/carsgen-therapeutics-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32213:1" rel="noopener">CARSgen Therapeutics (1186504D CH)</a> is a biopharma focused on innovative CAR-T cell therapies for the treatment of haematological malignancies and solid tumours. CARsgen opines that is a key player in the field of CAR-T cell therapies. CARsgen is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise proceeds of $400-500 million, according to press reports. Five CAR-T products, Kymriah, Yescarta, Tecartus, Breyanzi and Abecma, have been approved by the FDA for marketing in the US. However, there is no CAR-T cell therapy approved by the NMPA for marketing in China. The total revenue of Kymriah, Yescarta and Tecartus in 2020 was $1.1 billion (source: Frost &amp; Sullivan) which highlights the market opportunity. <div class="content-highlight">CARsgen has developed a pipeline of 11 product candidates, including six at the clinical stage. CARsgen owns the global rights to its product candidates and technologies, all of which are developed in-house. The sole core product candidate is CT053. Overall, we believe that the promising prospects for the lead product, a credible management team and a good shareholder register make the IPO worth a closer look. </div>

CARSgen Therapeutics (1186504D CH) is a biopharma focused on innovative CAR-T cell therapies for the treatment of haematological malignancies and solid tumours. CARsgen opines that is a key player in the field of CAR-T cell therapies. CARsgen is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise proceeds of $400-500 million, according to press reports. Five CAR-T products, Kymriah, Yescarta, Tecartus, Breyanzi and Abecma, have been approved by the FDA for marketing in the US. However, there is no CAR-T cell therapy approved by the NMPA for marketing in China. The total revenue of Kymriah, Yescarta and Tecartus in 2020 was $1.1 billion (source: Frost &amp; Sullivan) which highlights the market opportunity. CARsgen has developed a pipeline of 11 product candidates, including six at the clinical stage. CARsgen owns the global rights to its product candidates and technologies, all of which are developed in-house. The sole core product candidate is CT053. Overall, we believe that the promising prospects for the lead product, a credible management team and a good shareholder register make the IPO worth a closer look. 

CARsgen Therapeutics IPO Initiation: Choosing Therapies À La CAR-T

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

1. Industry viewpoints:<ul>
<li>In the aspect of Chinese patent medicines, the main varieties of proprietary Chinese medicine are expected to be the first to be included in VBP, and medicines of stable quality are a higher priority.</li>
<li>Chemiluminescence is in the stage of rapid growth and the trend of intensive procurement of IVD consumables could drive import substitution.</li>
<li>The wellness tourism market has a good development environment and a huge growth potential.</li>
</ul>2. Company news:News about the updated progress of COVID-19 vaccine and new drugs from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cansino-biologics-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27739:1" rel="noopener">CanSino Biologics Inc (6185 HK)</a>, <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/antengene-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29705:1" rel="noopener">Antengene (6996 HK)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/akeso-biopharma-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28830:1" rel="noopener">Akeso Biopharma Inc (9926 HK)</a>.3. Market review:Last week, stock price for healthcare sector in A share decreased 8.2%, while CSI 300 decreased 7.65% over the same period of time. 4. Risk disclosure:Policy risk, R&amp;D risk, Company risk and COVID-19 risk.

1. Industry viewpoints:
In the aspect of Chinese patent medicines, the main varieties of proprietary Chinese medicine are expected to be the first to be included in VBP, and medicines of stable quality are a higher priority.
Chemiluminescence is in the stage of rapid growth and the trend of intensive procurement of IVD consumables could drive import substitution.
The wellness tourism market has a good development environment and a huge growth potential.
2. Company news:News about the updated progress of COVID-19 vaccine and new drugs from CanSino Biologics Inc (6185 HK), Innovent Biologics Inc (1801 HK), Antengene (6996 HK), and Akeso Biopharma Inc (9926 HK).3. Market review:Last week, stock price for healthcare sector in A share decreased 8.2%, while CSI 300 decreased 7.65% over the same period of time. 4. Risk disclosure:Policy risk, R&amp;D risk, Company risk and COVID-19 risk.

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

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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Tasly Biopharmaceuticals / Equity Capital Markets

Tasly Biopharm, a biologics R&amp;D platform spin-off from A-share listed <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tasly-pharmaceutical-group-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9569:1" rel="noopener">Tasly Pharmaceutical Group (600535 CH)</a>, is looking to raise up to USD 1 bn via a listing in Hong Kong.
In this insight, we will cover the company background, the key products that have reached the clinical trial stage, and the company's shareholders and investors.
We think the company has demonstrated its capability of completing R&amp;D and commercializing a product. The future growth from pro-UK series of drugs is visible as the clinical trials progress. But at the same time, we don't see opportunities for exponential growth from blockbuster products.

Tasly Biopharm, a biologics R&amp;D platform spin-off from A-share listed Tasly Pharmaceutical Group (600535 CH), is looking to raise up to USD 1 bn via a listing in Hong Kong.
In this insight, we will cover the company background, the key products that have reached the clinical trial stage, and the company's shareholders and investors.
We think the company has demonstrated its capability of completing R&amp;D and commercializing a product. The future growth from pro-UK series of drugs is visible as the clinical trials progress. But at the same time, we don't see opportunities for exponential growth from blockbuster products.

Tasly Biopharm (天士力生物) IPO: Visible Growth from Approved Drug but Lacks Blockbusters

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Alasdair Moody

Exposing Creative Accounting

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We examined ten years of accounting and valuation data for the pharmaceutical companies around the world with sales of US$100m+ and created statistics for each region based on aggregate data and for a typical company. In this trend report, we summarise the data and highlight the outliers. Assuming clients will have their own macro industry views, we used valuations and our Governance, Accounting risk and Peer performance (GAP) scores, (which help quantify the risk of creative accounting) to…

We examined ten years of accounting and valuation data for the pharmaceutical companies around the world with sales of US$100m+ and created statistics for each region based on aggregate data and for a typical company. In this trend report, we summarise the data and highlight the outliers. Assuming clients will have their own macro industry views, we used valuations and our Governance, Accounting risk and Peer performance (GAP) scores, (which help quantify the risk of creative accounting) to…

Global Pharmaceuticals: Valuations, Assets and Leverage Up - Margins Down

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Tasly Pharmaceutical Group Co.,Ltd. manufactures drug products. The Company develops and sells traditional Chinese medicine, biological medicine, chemical medicine, and other related products. Tasly Pharmaceutical Group markets its products throughout China.

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Tasly Pharmaceutical Group (600535 CH)

CARsgen Therapeutics IPO Initiation: Choosing Therapies À La CAR-T

CARsgen is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise proceeds of $400-500m. The promising prospects for the lead product, credible management and a good...

Arun George

China Healthcare Weekly (Feb.26)

This article analyzed the VBP policy on Chinese patent medicines, the growth potential in the chemiluminescence and intensive procurement of IVD...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

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

Tasly Biopharm (天士力生物) IPO: Visible Growth from Approved Drug but Lacks Blockbusters

Tasly Biopharm, a biologics R&D platform spin-off from A-share listed Tasly Pharmaceutical Group (600535 CH), is looking to raise up to USD 1...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Global Pharmaceuticals: Valuations, Assets and Leverage Up - Margins Down

We examined ten years of accounting and valuation data for the pharmaceutical companies around the world with sales of US$100m+ and created...

Bucephalus Research Partnership

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