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Health Care: Shanghai Junshi Bioscience and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Shanghai Junshi Bioscience (1877.HK/688180.CH) – Behind the “break Up” with AstraZeneca

Shanghai Junshi Bioscience (1877.HK/688180.CH) – Behind the “break Up” with AstraZeneca

By Xinyao (Criss) Wang

  • Shanghai Junshi Bioscience Co. Ltd. (1877 HK) announced that it has terminated its PD-1 commercialization partnership with AstraZeneca. Lower-than-expected sales performance is seen as the key reason.
  • Junshi’s commercialization team is the weakest among the domestic Top Four.As the FDA’s attitude may have changed, the logic of exporting innovative domestic drugs to foreign markets could be shaken.
  • Given the poor financing environment,it’s challenging for Junshi to afford large investment in R&D and licensing deals by just relying on cash in hand and cashflow generating from commercialized products.

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