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>Pharmaron’s performance has shown a clear downward trend this year, and the growth in 23Q4 may be even lower. That means this year's results could fall short of management's expectations.</li>
<li>The essence of unsatisfactory profit margin is due to low capacity utilization/management efficiency.The underlying reason is the sharp decline in drug R&amp;D demand due to the deterioration of financing environment.</li>
<li>Pharmaron seems ill-prepared in peptide CDMO, and its performance would further lag behind Wuxi AppTec in the future. Pharmaron may not be able to contribute alpha during industry downturns.</li>
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Pharmaron’s performance has shown a clear downward trend this year, and the growth in 23Q4 may be even lower. That means this year's results could fall short of management's expectations.
The essence of unsatisfactory profit margin is due to low capacity utilization/management efficiency.The underlying reason is the sharp decline in drug R&amp;D demand due to the deterioration of financing environment.
Pharmaron seems ill-prepared in peptide CDMO, and its performance would further lag behind Wuxi AppTec in the future. Pharmaron may not be able to contribute alpha during industry downturns.


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