HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Over 15 years' experience in both finance and healthcare, covering clinic operations, investment and equity research in both China and overseas.

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Mavacamten is expected to be LianBio’s first commercialized product. Due to low diagnostic rate/doctors’ insufficient cognition of HCM, whether it can become a blockbuster drug in China is still uncertain.</li>
<li>There’s an “insurmountable obstacle” to license-in model, and its “fault-tolerant space” is small. LianBio has to go all the way to the end.Otherwise, the license-in projects will eventually become worthless.</li>
<li>Due to high cost rate, it’s difficult for LianBio to make profit even with large drug sales. Although pipeline is good, LianBio could still fail to bring investors good returns.</li>
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Mavacamten is expected to be LianBio’s first commercialized product. Due to low diagnostic rate/doctors’ insufficient cognition of HCM, whether it can become a blockbuster drug in China is still uncertain.
There’s an “insurmountable obstacle” to license-in model, and its “fault-tolerant space” is small. LianBio has to go all the way to the end.Otherwise, the license-in projects will eventually become worthless.
Due to high cost rate, it’s difficult for LianBio to make profit even with large drug sales. Although pipeline is good, LianBio could still fail to bring investors good returns.


LianBio (LIAN.US) - Some Points Worth the Attention