Healthcare Equity Analyst - Emerging & Dev Markets, daaimon

Avien Pillay

Healthcare Equity Analyst - Emerging & Dev Markets

daaimon

daaimon is an independent research company focusing on healthcare and consumer sectors across developed and emerging markets. We produce insightful research which challenges conventional thinking. In particular, we look for new ideas by testing consensus forecasts and markets expectations.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>The obesity problem has escalated at an alarming rate in Asia. </li>
<li>Expect strong growth for GLP-1s over the next few years, however, companies that produce next-generation drugs will take the lead.</li>
<li>The significant increase in newly approved drugs will result in margin pressure - pricing will be key.</li>
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The obesity problem has escalated at an alarming rate in Asia. 
Expect strong growth for GLP-1s over the next few years, however, companies that produce next-generation drugs will take the lead.
The significant increase in newly approved drugs will result in margin pressure - pricing will be key.


HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

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<li>Due to the popularity of GLP-1 target, the entire GLP-1 upstream and downstream industry chain has received great enthusiasm. We analyzed related investment opportunities but also concerns in this market.  </li>
<li>Domestic CXOs should focus on securing orders for overseas weight loss drugs. The market value increment brought by weight loss drugs to CXO should be higher than that of APIs.</li>
<li>Due to increasing competition/potential price war, how big the real market space is uncertain. So, the market value increment of weight loss drugs business for pharmaceutical companies could be lower-than-expected.</li>
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Due to the popularity of GLP-1 target, the entire GLP-1 upstream and downstream industry chain has received great enthusiasm. We analyzed related investment opportunities but also concerns in this market.  
Domestic CXOs should focus on securing orders for overseas weight loss drugs. The market value increment brought by weight loss drugs to CXO should be higher than that of APIs.
Due to increasing competition/potential price war, how big the real market space is uncertain. So, the market value increment of weight loss drugs business for pharmaceutical companies could be lower-than-expected.


China's Weight Loss Drug Market – The Investment Opportunities and the Risks Behind

Equity Capital Markets

Eastenova (Chengdu) Biotechnology / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Eastenova is in the initial stage of commercialization. The revenue proportion of non-core assets is too high, with negative gross margin. These are "inefficient assets" and dragged down overall ROA.</li>
<li>XH301 is lagging behind its competing products in term of development progress and may face the risk of market share squeeze. There’re uncertainties in terms of the commercialization of XH301.</li>
<li>Our forecast at this stage is that future sales of XH301 could reach about RMB300-500 million, considering the fierce competition. Valuation of Eastenova could be lower than that of Sihuan.</li>
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Eastenova is in the initial stage of commercialization. The revenue proportion of non-core assets is too high, with negative gross margin. These are "inefficient assets" and dragged down overall ROA.
XH301 is lagging behind its competing products in term of development progress and may face the risk of market share squeeze. There’re uncertainties in terms of the commercialization of XH301.
Our forecast at this stage is that future sales of XH301 could reach about RMB300-500 million, considering the fierce competition. Valuation of Eastenova could be lower than that of Sihuan.


Pre-IPO Eastenova (Chengdu) Biotechnology- The Commercialization of XH301 May Be Lower than Expected

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>We remain near-term bullish since our 4/22/25 Compass, and our intermediate-term outlook remains bullish as well (as of our 5/14/25 Compass), with Int’l Compass reports all echoing this sentiment.</li>
<li>We will maintain our bullish intermediate-term view as long as market dynamics remain healthy and the SPX and ACWI-US are above 6028-6059 (up from 5700-5785) and $119-$121.</li>
<li>$128, $125-$126, and $123-$123.50 are short-term supports to watch on ACWI-US; we will maintain our near-term bullish outlook as long as $123 support holds.</li>
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We remain near-term bullish since our 4/22/25 Compass, and our intermediate-term outlook remains bullish as well (as of our 5/14/25 Compass), with Int’l Compass reports all echoing this sentiment.
We will maintain our bullish intermediate-term view as long as market dynamics remain healthy and the SPX and ACWI-US are above 6028-6059 (up from 5700-5785) and $119-$121.
$128, $125-$126, and $123-$123.50 are short-term supports to watch on ACWI-US; we will maintain our near-term bullish outlook as long as $123 support holds.


Continue Adding Exposure to China; Short-Term Supports to for This ACWI-US Pullback

Equity Bottom-Up

Yichang HEC Changjiang Pharma / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>For the upcoming 11th national VBP, we think some core and big varieties could be included, involving companies such as Sunshine Lake Pharma, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/huadong-medicine-co-ltd-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18522:1" rel="noopener">Huadong Medicine</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hansoh-pharmaceutical-group-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23675:1" rel="noopener">Hansoh Pharmaceutical (3692 HK)</a>, etc.</li>
<li>Anjoy’s IPO is fairly priced. Reasonable valuation range is 10-15x P/E.However, unfavorable factors have led us to take a conservative attitude towards the upside potential of stock price after IPO.</li>
<li>For Sunshine Lake Pharma's privatization of HEC Pharma, Composite Document was despatched. However, if investors truly understand "the essence" of HEC Pharma, they will be calm/rational about this absorption merger.</li>
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For the upcoming 11th national VBP, we think some core and big varieties could be included, involving companies such as Sunshine Lake Pharma, Huadong Medicine, Hansoh Pharmaceutical (3692 HK), etc.
Anjoy’s IPO is fairly priced. Reasonable valuation range is 10-15x P/E.However, unfavorable factors have led us to take a conservative attitude towards the upside potential of stock price after IPO.
For Sunshine Lake Pharma's privatization of HEC Pharma, Composite Document was despatched. However, if investors truly understand "the essence" of HEC Pharma, they will be calm/rational about this absorption merger.


China Healthcare Weekly (Jul.6)- Anjoy’s IPO Debut, HEC CJ Pharma's Merger with Sunshine Lake Pharma

China

Huadong Medicine Co., Ltd. wholesales and retails medicines, pharmaceutical preparations, biological products, and medical instruments.  Through its subsidiaries, the Company also manufactures antibiotic medicines and biochemical products.

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Huadong Medicine Co Ltd A (000963 CH)

The GLP-1 Landscape in Asia

First-gen GLP-1 impact may fall short of hype, demand still strong. Next-gen drugs promise better results, tolerance, price. Expect margin pressure...

daaimon

China's Weight Loss Drug Market – The Investment Opportunities and the Risks Behind

The GLP-1 target has been recognized as a blockbuster target, which has attracted great enthusiasm from investors.We analyzed related investment...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Pre-IPO Eastenova (Chengdu) Biotechnology- The Commercialization of XH301 May Be Lower than Expected

Eastenova face challenges with non-core assets/lagging product development, impacting overall profitability/market potential. Inefficient assets...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Continue Adding Exposure to China; Short-Term Supports to for This ACWI-US Pullback

Continue Adding Exposure to China; $ACWI Short-Term Supports for this pullback: $128, $125-$126, and $123-$123.50. Pullbacks = buy opportunities,...

Vermilion Research

China Healthcare Weekly (Jul.6)- Anjoy’s IPO Debut, HEC CJ Pharma's Merger with Sunshine Lake Pharma

11th VBP may include big variety of Sunshine Lake Pharma/Huadong/Hansoh. Anjoy's IPO is fairly priced but shares upside is limited.HEC Pharma's...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

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The GLP-1 Landscape in Asia

First-gen GLP-1 impact may fall short of hype, demand still strong. Next-gen drugs promise better results, tolerance, price. Expect margin pressure...

daaimon

China's Weight Loss Drug Market – The Investment Opportunities and the Risks Behind

The GLP-1 target has been recognized as a blockbuster target, which has attracted great enthusiasm from investors.We analyzed related investment...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Pre-IPO Eastenova (Chengdu) Biotechnology- The Commercialization of XH301 May Be Lower than Expected

​Eastenova face challenges with non-core assets/lagging product development, impacting overall profitability/market potential. Inefficient assets...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Continue Adding Exposure to China; Short-Term Supports to for This ACWI-US Pullback

Continue Adding Exposure to China; $ACWI Short-Term Supports for this pullback: $128, $125-$126, and $123-$123.50. Pullbacks = buy opportunities,...

Vermilion Research

China Healthcare Weekly (Jul.6)- Anjoy’s IPO Debut, HEC CJ Pharma's Merger with Sunshine Lake Pharma

11th VBP may include big variety of Sunshine Lake Pharma/Huadong/Hansoh. Anjoy's IPO is fairly priced but shares upside is limited.HEC Pharma's...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Eastenova face challenges with non-core assets/lagging product development, impacting overall profitability/market potential. Inefficient assets...