HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The market is clearly satisfied with WuXi Bio’s interim results. Growth of both non-COVID revenue and new projects were beyond expectations. This makes us look forward to 2023 full-year result.</li>
<li>There’s a significant strength gap between WuXi Bio and Lonza/Samsung Biologics in undertaking commercial-stage orders, which puts WuXi Bio at a disadvantage in competition,making it more vulnerable to financing environment.</li>
<li>It’s not impossible to restore the high growth before COVID,but WuXi Bio needs to meet two conditions.Instead of betting on a V-shaped reversal, it's wiser to take profits in time.</li>
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The market is clearly satisfied with WuXi Bio’s interim results. Growth of both non-COVID revenue and new projects were beyond expectations. This makes us look forward to 2023 full-year result.
There’s a significant strength gap between WuXi Bio and Lonza/Samsung Biologics in undertaking commercial-stage orders, which puts WuXi Bio at a disadvantage in competition,making it more vulnerable to financing environment.
It’s not impossible to restore the high growth before COVID,but WuXi Bio needs to meet two conditions.Instead of betting on a V-shaped reversal, it's wiser to take profits in time.


Wuxi Biologics (2269.HK) 23H1 - The Positives, the Negatives and the Outlook

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

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>The IPO space saw a few pops this week, some were somewhat justifiable in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sbfc-finance-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36713:1" rel="noopener">SBFC Finance Limited</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/concord-biotech-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36267:1" rel="noopener">Concord Biotech</a> while one was reminisent of the 2020-21 frenzy,  <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vinfast-auto-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36550:1" rel="noopener">Vinfast</a>. </li>
<li>In the placement space, the selldown for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/interglobe-aviation-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24877:1" rel="noopener">InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (INDIGO IN)</a> materialised as expected but despite that the deal didn't do much.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
The IPO space saw a few pops this week, some were somewhat justifiable in SBFC Finance Limited and Concord Biotech while one was reminisent of the 2020-21 frenzy,  Vinfast. 
In the placement space, the selldown for InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (INDIGO IN) materialised as expected but despite that the deal didn't do much.


ECM Weekly (20th August 2023) - Indigo, Vinfast, SBFC, Concord, Wuxi, NSDL, LianLian, Fedbank

Porton Pharma Solutions / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Porton’s performance declined significantly in 23H1 compared with high base last year, because most of Pfizer’s COVID-19 big orders have been completed. Porton's performance in 2023 would be under pressure.</li>
<li>Porton isn’t a first-tier CXO and lags behind industry leaders in terms of new businesses (CGT/ADC CXO). Valuation of entire CXO sector and Porton hasn’t yet reached an inflection point.</li>
<li>Market's expectation for CXO would decrease and then bottom out in 2023H2. Whether CXO's performance would rebound in 2024 still needs to wait for the turnaround in macro environment.</li>
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Porton’s performance declined significantly in 23H1 compared with high base last year, because most of Pfizer’s COVID-19 big orders have been completed. Porton's performance in 2023 would be under pressure.
Porton isn’t a first-tier CXO and lags behind industry leaders in terms of new businesses (CGT/ADC CXO). Valuation of entire CXO sector and Porton hasn’t yet reached an inflection point.
Market's expectation for CXO would decrease and then bottom out in 2023H2. Whether CXO's performance would rebound in 2024 still needs to wait for the turnaround in macro environment.


Porton Pharma Solutions (300363.CH) 23H1 - Performance Pressure Would Remain in 2023

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

WuXi XDC Cayman  / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wuxi-xdc-cayman-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39917:1" rel="noopener">WuXi XDC Cayman Inc (1877628D HK)</a> is looking to raise &gt;US$100m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The bookrunners on the deal are Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan.</li>
<li>WuXi XDC Cayman (WXDC) is a contract research, development, and manufacturing organization (CRDMO) focused on the global antibody drug conjugates (ADC) and broader bioconjugate market providing integrated and end-to-end services.</li>
<li>As per Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S), the firm was the second largest CRDMO for ADCs and other bioconjugates globally in terms of FY22 sales.</li>
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WuXi XDC Cayman Inc (1877628D HK) is looking to raise &gt;US$100m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The bookrunners on the deal are Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan.
WuXi XDC Cayman (WXDC) is a contract research, development, and manufacturing organization (CRDMO) focused on the global antibody drug conjugates (ADC) and broader bioconjugate market providing integrated and end-to-end services.
As per Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S), the firm was the second largest CRDMO for ADCs and other bioconjugates globally in terms of FY22 sales.


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<li>Although WuXi XDC has financing needs, we’re more inclined to view this spin-off listing as another capital operation of WuXi AppTec/WuXi Bio, who may not want to take risks alone.</li>
<li>Global ADC/broader bioconjugate market is at a nascent stage of development, with high R&amp;D risks/commercialization uncertainties. We cannot guarantee whether WuXi XDC will maintain its industry-leading position in the future.</li>
<li>Although high growth can bring good stories, we're not sure how much actual market space WuXi XDC will have in the future,which is the key to determining the valuation ceiling.</li>
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Although WuXi XDC has financing needs, we’re more inclined to view this spin-off listing as another capital operation of WuXi AppTec/WuXi Bio, who may not want to take risks alone.
Global ADC/broader bioconjugate market is at a nascent stage of development, with high R&amp;D risks/commercialization uncertainties. We cannot guarantee whether WuXi XDC will maintain its industry-leading position in the future.
Although high growth can bring good stories, we're not sure how much actual market space WuXi XDC will have in the future,which is the key to determining the valuation ceiling.


Pre-IPO WuXi XDC - The Beautiful Story and the Truth Behind

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Guangzhou Boji Medical & Biotechnological Co., Ltd. is an outsourcing drug research and development company. The Company provides pharmaceutical companies the ability to conduct its researches and developments at lower cost levels and offers support to bring drugs and devices to the Chinese market quicker.

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Viva Biotech Holdings operates as a drug discovery platform. The Company provides target protein expression, structure researching, hit screening, drug candidate determination, and other services. Viva Biotech Holdings serves customers worldwide.

3SBio, Inc. is a biotechnology company located in China. The Company focuses on mammalian cell-based biopharmaceuticals in the biotechnology industry. 3SBio also develops, manufactures and markets biopharmaceutical products globally.

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NeoGenomics, Inc. operates a network of clinical laboratories that specializes in cancer genetics diagnostic testing services. The Company's services include cytogenetics, fluorescence in-situhybridization (FISH), flow cytometry, morphology, anatomic pathology, and molecular genetic testing. NeoGenomics serves pathologists, oncologists, urologists, and hospitals.

LegoChem Biosciences, Inc. (LCB) is a researched-based biotechnology company that discovers, develops, and commercializs of medicines.  The Company utilizes chemistry to make biologics more targeted and potent for patients with diseases of highly unmet medical needs.  The Company focuses on therapy within antibiotics, anti-coagulants, oncology, antibody and protein-drug conjugate.

Azenta, Inc. provides life sciences solutions. The Company offers cold-chain sample management solutions and genomic services across areas such as drug development, clinical research, and advanced cell therapies. Azenta serves pharmaceutical, biotech, academic, and healthcare institutions worldwide.

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Ergomed plc provides clinical research, and drug development and safety services in the United Kingdom and rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Asia, and Australia. The company offers clinical development, trial management services, and pharmacovigilance services for pharmaceutical and generics companies, as well as small and mid-sized drug development companies. It focuses on various therapeutic areas, including oncology, neurology, and immunology, as well as the development of orphan drugs. The company?s clinical development services include study management, site management, study physician support, safety services, regulatory and quality management, clinical data management and biostatistics, and medical writing. It also provides late phase services, such as strategy and study design, medical training, regulatory consultancy, management of ISTs, full study management, publication management, site management, pharmacovigilance, tailored data capture solutions, REMS and RMPs, and medical information services; and co-development services for pharma and biotech companies. In addition, the company is involved in the studies of ultra-rare diseases, including infantile hypophsophatemia, paroxyzmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria, and primary hyperoxaluria; and the provision of the specialized site management model that allows smooth interaction of the sites and patient organizations, and advocacy groups. The company was formerly known as Ergomed Clinical Research Limited and changed its name to Ergomed plc in June 2014. Ergomed Plc was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Guildford, the United Kingdom.

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WuXi XDC Cayman Inc. operates as a leading contract testing, development and manufacturing organization focused on the global antibody drug conjugates and broader bioconjugate market. The Company provides bioconjugation discovery, analytical development, intermediate and conjugation manufacturing, and other services. WuXi XDC Cayman provides its services worldwide.

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