Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Equity Capital Markets

Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical / Equity Capital Markets

Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical (6990 HK)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sichuan-kelun-biotech-biopharmaceutical-co-ltd-class-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40071:1" rel="noopener">Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical (6990 HK)</a> announced the placement of 5.8M shares for subscription at HK$470.2 per share. The placing price represents a discount of 8.5% to the undisturbed price.</li>
<li>Sichuan Kelun Biotech intends to use the proceeds majorly for research and development, enhance internal R&amp;D capabilities, strengthen external collaboration, expand its product pipeline portfolio and for working capital.</li>
<li>Kelun Biotech’s drug development skill is evidenced by the outlicensing deals it has signed, especially with Merck for sac-TMT. From commercial perspective, sac-TMT has potential to generate multi-billion-dollar revenue.</li>
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Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical (6990 HK) announced the placement of 5.8M shares for subscription at HK$470.2 per share. The placing price represents a discount of 8.5% to the undisturbed price.
Sichuan Kelun Biotech intends to use the proceeds majorly for research and development, enhance internal R&amp;D capabilities, strengthen external collaboration, expand its product pipeline portfolio and for working capital.
Kelun Biotech’s drug development skill is evidenced by the outlicensing deals it has signed, especially with Merck for sac-TMT. From commercial perspective, sac-TMT has potential to generate multi-billion-dollar revenue.


Sichuan Kelun Biotech (2629 HK) Placement: To Fund R&D; Sac-TMT Is Getting Ready for Global Take-Off

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Industry viewpoints:<ul>
<li>Medical institutions in 10 provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions) have implemented the alliance volume-based purchase (VBP) of commonly used drugs and drugs that in short supply.</li>
<li>The COVID-19 vaccine has entered the second half of development.</li>
<li>From January to April this year, the number of CDE acceptance increased significantly compared with the same period last year</li>
</ul>Company news:News about the updated M&amp;A deal and new progress on drugs of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hygeia-healthcare-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28875:1" rel="noopener">Hygeia Healthcare Group (6078 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/innovent-biologics-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27452:1" rel="noopener">Innovent Biologics Inc (1801 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/luye-pharma-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:488:1" rel="noopener">Luye Pharma (2186 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cspc-pharmaceutical-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:229:1" rel="noopener">CSPC Pharmaceutical Group (1093 HK)</a>.Market review:Last week, stock price for healthcare sector in A share increased 0.9%, while CSI 300 increased 3.64% over the same period of time. Risk disclosure:Policy risk, R&amp;D risk, Company risk and COVID-19 risk.

Industry viewpoints:
Medical institutions in 10 provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions) have implemented the alliance volume-based purchase (VBP) of commonly used drugs and drugs that in short supply.
The COVID-19 vaccine has entered the second half of development.
From January to April this year, the number of CDE acceptance increased significantly compared with the same period last year
Company news:News about the updated M&amp;A deal and new progress on drugs of Hygeia Healthcare Group (6078 HK), Innovent Biologics Inc (1801 HK), Luye Pharma (2186 HK) and CSPC Pharmaceutical Group (1093 HK).Market review:Last week, stock price for healthcare sector in A share increased 0.9%, while CSI 300 increased 3.64% over the same period of time. Risk disclosure:Policy risk, R&amp;D risk, Company risk and COVID-19 risk.

Industry viewpoints:<ul>
<li>At present, the market is too enthusiastic about innovative drugs, which could result in a serious decline in the rate of return on investment and output.</li>
<li>The demand of CDMO of cell and gene therapy would be higher than that of biological drug CDMO in the future.</li>
<li>China's meal replacement market is currently the fastest growing in the world.</li>
</ul>Company news:News about the updated progress on new drugs of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-junshi-bioscience-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27760:1" rel="noopener">Shanghai Junshi Bioscience Co. Ltd. (1877 HK), </a><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jiangsu-hengrui-medicine-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14128:1" rel="noopener">Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine (600276 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/akeso-biopharma-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28830:1" rel="noopener">Akeso Biopharma Inc (9926 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/beigene-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27352:1" rel="noopener">BeiGene Ltd (6160 HK)</a>.Market review:Last week, stock price for healthcare sector in A share increased (+4.72%), while CSI 300 decreased (-0.23%) over the same period of time.Risk disclosure:Policy risk, R&amp;D risk, Company risk and COVID-19 risk.

Industry viewpoints:
At present, the market is too enthusiastic about innovative drugs, which could result in a serious decline in the rate of return on investment and output.
The demand of CDMO of cell and gene therapy would be higher than that of biological drug CDMO in the future.
China's meal replacement market is currently the fastest growing in the world.
Company news:News about the updated progress on new drugs of Shanghai Junshi Bioscience Co. Ltd. (1877 HK), Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine (600276 CH), Akeso Biopharma Inc (9926 HK) and BeiGene Ltd (6160 HK).Market review:Last week, stock price for healthcare sector in A share increased (+4.72%), while CSI 300 decreased (-0.23%) over the same period of time.Risk disclosure:Policy risk, R&amp;D risk, Company risk and COVID-19 risk.

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sichuan-kelun-biotech-biopharmaceutical-co-ltd-class-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40071:1" rel="noopener">Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical (6990 HK)</a> is looking to raise up to US$350m from a primary placement.</li>
<li>Kelun is a China-based biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative oncology therapies, with a particular emphasis on antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), bispecific antibodies, and other biologics.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical (6990 HK) is looking to raise up to US$350m from a primary placement.
Kelun is a China-based biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative oncology therapies, with a particular emphasis on antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), bispecific antibodies, and other biologics.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Aequitas: Kelun-Biotech Placement - Steady Performance; Valuation May Temper Appeal

With the gradual marketing of biological drugs, almost all of the world's top ten blockbuster drugs were dominated by biological drugs. From the global total sales of blockbuster drugs announced in 2020, the top three were AbbVie's Humira ($19,832 million sales in 2020), Merck’s Keytruda ($14,380 million sales in 2020) and BMS’s Revlimid ($12,106 million sales in 2020). Throughout the world, biological drugs have become the main direction of future development. In China, domestic pharmaceutical enterprises have also laid out biological drug products in their pipelines. The following mainly analyzed the development situation and investment opportunities in this market.

With the gradual marketing of biological drugs, almost all of the world's top ten blockbuster drugs were dominated by biological drugs. From the global total sales of blockbuster drugs announced in 2020, the top three were AbbVie's Humira ($19,832 million sales in 2020), Merck’s Keytruda ($14,380 million sales in 2020) and BMS’s Revlimid ($12,106 million sales in 2020). Throughout the world, biological drugs have become the main direction of future development. In China, domestic pharmaceutical enterprises have also laid out biological drug products in their pipelines. The following mainly analyzed the development situation and investment opportunities in this market. 

Industry Report - Insights on China Biological Drug Market

China

Akeso is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the research, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of innovative antibody drugs. It develops treatments for major diseases such as cancer, autoimmune diseases, inflammation, and metabolic diseases, with key products including cadonilimab, ivonescimab, and penpulimab. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China.

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