Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Fosun Pharmaceutical received NMPA approval for Phase I/II clinical trial of CAR-T cell drug candidate FKC289. RemeGen received $650M upfront payment from AbbVie under the exclusive license agreement for RC148.</li>
<li>FDA has granted Priority Review to Daiichi Sankyo’s Biologics License Application for ifinatamab deruxtecan. Astellas Pharma initiates Phase 3 registrational study evaluating setidegrasib as first-line treatment for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.</li>
<li>Telix and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is collaborating to jointly develop and commercialize radiopharmaceutical therapies. Telix will receive upfront cash payment of $40M from Regeneron for access to its radiopharmaceutical manufacturing platform.</li>
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Fosun Pharmaceutical received NMPA approval for Phase I/II clinical trial of CAR-T cell drug candidate FKC289. RemeGen received $650M upfront payment from AbbVie under the exclusive license agreement for RC148.
FDA has granted Priority Review to Daiichi Sankyo’s Biologics License Application for ifinatamab deruxtecan. Astellas Pharma initiates Phase 3 registrational study evaluating setidegrasib as first-line treatment for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Telix and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is collaborating to jointly develop and commercialize radiopharmaceutical therapies. Telix will receive upfront cash payment of $40M from Regeneron for access to its radiopharmaceutical manufacturing platform.


APAC Healthcare Weekly (April 19) – Fosun Pharma, Remegen, Daiichi Sankyo, Astellas Pharma, Telix

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<li>Shanghai Henlius Biotech entered outlicensing agreement with Eisai for serplulimab for upfront payment of $75M. Wuxi Biologics has signed a license and research service agreement with Vertex Pharmaceuticals. </li>
<li>Daiichi Sankyo’s indication expansion application for Datroway in TNBC has been accepted and granted Priority Review in the U.S. PeptiDream has initiated registrational Phase 2 clinical trial of radiotherapeutic candidate.</li>
<li>ABL Bio submitted clinical trial application to the FDA for a Phase 1 clinical trial of ADC candidate ABL209. SK Bioscience is in-licensing a clinical-stage RSV vaccine candidate.</li>
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Shanghai Henlius Biotech entered outlicensing agreement with Eisai for serplulimab for upfront payment of $75M. Wuxi Biologics has signed a license and research service agreement with Vertex Pharmaceuticals. 
Daiichi Sankyo’s indication expansion application for Datroway in TNBC has been accepted and granted Priority Review in the U.S. PeptiDream has initiated registrational Phase 2 clinical trial of radiotherapeutic candidate.
ABL Bio submitted clinical trial application to the FDA for a Phase 1 clinical trial of ADC candidate ABL209. SK Bioscience is in-licensing a clinical-stage RSV vaccine candidate.


APAC Healthcare Weekly (February 8) – Henlius Bio, Wuxi Bio, Daiichi Sankyo, Peptidream, ABL Bio

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Mirae Asset Securities

Mirae Asset Securities

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Mirae Asset Securities Co.,Ltd. provides comprehensive wealth management services. The Company offers fixed income securities brokerage, securities dealing, equity underwriting, and other services. Mirae Asset Securities also deals with mergers and acquisitions, foreign currency, and financial derivatives

<ul><li>In 1H25, US policy uncertainty—i.e., potential drug tariffs, the most-favored-nation (MFN) pricing proposal, and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) drug price negotiations—weighed on the global pharma/biotech sector.</li><li>In 2H25, however, major pharma companies reached agreements on tariffs and drug prices with the US administration, helping to ease uncertainties and lift sentiment.</li><li>Fed rate cut expectations and a pickup in M&amp;A/licensing deals ahead of drug price cuts and patent expirations have also supported a more favorable market environment. </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

In 1H25, US policy uncertainty—i.e., potential drug tariffs, the most-favored-nation (MFN) pricing proposal, and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) drug price negotiations—weighed on the global pharma/biotech sector.In 2H25, however, major pharma companies reached agreements on tariffs and drug prices with the US administration, helping to ease uncertainties and lift sentiment.Fed rate cut expectations and a pickup in M&amp;A/licensing deals ahead of drug price cuts and patent expirations have also supported a more favorable market environment. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

[2026 Outlook] Pharma/BiotechIdentifying Leaders Within an Outperforming Sector

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 had been near-term bullish on the S&amp;P 500 (SPX) since our 4/22/25 Compass, however, we are officially downgrading our near-term outlook to neutral</li>
<li>The SPX, Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), and Russell 2000 (IWM) are breaking below their 50-day MAs and are also violating their multi-month uptrends, signaling a consolidation period is here</li>
<li>Still, our intermediate-term outlook remains bullish (as of 5/14/25 report), and we'll maintain our bullish intermediate-term view as long as market dynamics remain constructive and the SPX is above 6200</li>
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We had been near-term bullish on the S&amp;P 500 (SPX) since our 4/22/25 Compass, however, we are officially downgrading our near-term outlook to neutral
The SPX, Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), and Russell 2000 (IWM) are breaking below their 50-day MAs and are also violating their multi-month uptrends, signaling a consolidation period is here
Still, our intermediate-term outlook remains bullish (as of 5/14/25 report), and we'll maintain our bullish intermediate-term view as long as market dynamics remain constructive and the SPX is above 6200


Coasting as We Stalk for Buying Opportunity; Downgrading Discretionary to Underweight

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<li>Chugai Pharmaceutical enters inlicensing agreement with Gero to develop novel therapies for age-related diseases. JCR Pharmaceuticals stuck outlicening deal with Alexion for its proprietary JUST-AAV capsids to develop genomic medicines.</li>
<li>Cochlear got FDA approval for new product, which will be launched in 1Q26. CStone Pharmaceuticals entered exclusive partnership with Istituto Gentili to commercialize sugemalimab across Western Europe and UK.</li>
<li>Glenmark signed exclusive licensing agreement with AbbVie for their oncology drug candidate ISB 2001. Lupin entered license and supply agreement for commercialization of its biosimilar Certolizumab Pegol in global markets.</li>
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Chugai Pharmaceutical enters inlicensing agreement with Gero to develop novel therapies for age-related diseases. JCR Pharmaceuticals stuck outlicening deal with Alexion for its proprietary JUST-AAV capsids to develop genomic medicines.
Cochlear got FDA approval for new product, which will be launched in 1Q26. CStone Pharmaceuticals entered exclusive partnership with Istituto Gentili to commercialize sugemalimab across Western Europe and UK.
Glenmark signed exclusive licensing agreement with AbbVie for their oncology drug candidate ISB 2001. Lupin entered license and supply agreement for commercialization of its biosimilar Certolizumab Pegol in global markets.


APAC Healthcare Weekly (July 13) – Chugai, JCR, Cochlear, CStone, Celltrion, Glenmark, Lupin

United States

AbbVie Inc. researches and develops pharmaceutical products. The Company produces pharmaceutical drugs for specialty therapeutic areas such as immunology, chronic kidney disease, Hepatitis C, women's health, oncology, and neuroscience. AbbVie also offers treatments for diseases including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's disease.

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APAC Healthcare Weekly (April 19) – Fosun Pharma, Remegen, Daiichi Sankyo, Astellas Pharma, Telix

FDA granted Priority Review to Daiichi Sankyo’s I-DXd. Astellas Pharma initiates Phase 3 study for setidegrasib. Telix and Regeneron...

Tina Banerjee

APAC Healthcare Weekly (February 8) – Henlius Bio, Wuxi Bio, Daiichi Sankyo, Peptidream, ABL Bio

Henlius stuck outlicensing deal with Eisai. Wuxi Bio signs deal with Vertex. Daiichi’s Datroway got priority review in U.S. for TNBC. PeptiDream...

Tina Banerjee

[2026 Outlook] Pharma/BiotechIdentifying Leaders Within an Outperforming Sector

In 1H25, US policy uncertainty—i.e., potential drug tariffs, the most-favored-nation (MFN) pricing proposal, and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) drug...

Mirae Asset Securities

Coasting as We Stalk for Buying Opportunity; Downgrading Discretionary to Underweight

Coasting as We Stalk for Buying Opportunity; Downgrading Near-Term Outlook to Neutral, But Still Bullish Intermediate-Term $SPX $QQQ; Downgrading...

Vermilion Research

APAC Healthcare Weekly (July 13) – Chugai, JCR, Cochlear, CStone, Celltrion, Glenmark, Lupin

Chugai entered inlicensing agreement. JCR Pharma and Glenmark stuck outlicensing deal. Cochlear got new product approval. CStone and Lupin found...

Tina Banerjee

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