Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Simcere entered outlicensing agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim for IBD drug candidate SIM0709 for upfront payment of €42M. CSPC entered collaboration and license agreement with AstraZeneca for upfront payment of $1.2B.</li>
<li>Hanmi Pharm signs exclusive Mexico distribution deal for GLP-1 obesity drug efpeglenatide. HK inno.N will be launching 'X1 Plus Tablet', a triple antihypertensive drug for the first time in Korea.</li>
<li>Eisai’s Leqembi autoinjector is now under FDA review as weekly starting dose, with target action date of May 24. Chugai Pharmaceutical filed for additional indication of Tecentriq for bladder cancer.</li>
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Simcere entered outlicensing agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim for IBD drug candidate SIM0709 for upfront payment of €42M. CSPC entered collaboration and license agreement with AstraZeneca for upfront payment of $1.2B.
Hanmi Pharm signs exclusive Mexico distribution deal for GLP-1 obesity drug efpeglenatide. HK inno.N will be launching 'X1 Plus Tablet', a triple antihypertensive drug for the first time in Korea.
Eisai’s Leqembi autoinjector is now under FDA review as weekly starting dose, with target action date of May 24. Chugai Pharmaceutical filed for additional indication of Tecentriq for bladder cancer.


APAC Healthcare Weekly (February 1) – Simcere, CSPC, Hanmi Pharm, HK Inno.N, Eisai, Chugai Pharma

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<li>Sichuan Kelun-Biotech announces Phase 3 trial success for ADC-Keytruda combination therapy in first-line lung cancer. ImmuneOnco received Phase 3 trial approval for IMM0306 lenalidomide combination for follicular lymphoma in China.</li>
<li>Otsuka received FDA accelerated approval of Voyxact for immunoglobulin A nephropathy. Eisai has completed FDA submission of Leqembi Iqlik subcutaneous autoinjector as a weekly starting dose for early Alzheimer’s disease.</li>
<li>Alteogen secures $15M milestone payment from Merck as Keytruda subcutaneous formulation gets EU approval. SK Biopharmaceuticals in-licenses second radiopharmaceutical candidate, which has potential to target clear cell renal cell carcinoma.  </li>
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Sichuan Kelun-Biotech announces Phase 3 trial success for ADC-Keytruda combination therapy in first-line lung cancer. ImmuneOnco received Phase 3 trial approval for IMM0306 lenalidomide combination for follicular lymphoma in China.
Otsuka received FDA accelerated approval of Voyxact for immunoglobulin A nephropathy. Eisai has completed FDA submission of Leqembi Iqlik subcutaneous autoinjector as a weekly starting dose for early Alzheimer’s disease.
Alteogen secures $15M milestone payment from Merck as Keytruda subcutaneous formulation gets EU approval. SK Biopharmaceuticals in-licenses second radiopharmaceutical candidate, which has potential to target clear cell renal cell carcinoma.  


APAC Healthcare Weekly (November 30) – Kelun Bio, ImmuneOnco, Otsuka, Eisai, Alteogen, SK Biopharma

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>Takeda has dropped AstraZeneca-partnered antibody drug candidate from its pipeline. Eisai and Merck are closing late-stage trial of Lenvima plus Keytruda in hepatocellular carcinoma on disappointing result.</li>
<li>Wuxi AppTec sharpens CRDMO business by selling its China-based clinical research subsidiaries. FDA has designated Celltrion’s Stoboclo and Osenvelt as interchangeable biosimilars to the reference products Prolia and Xgeva, respectively.</li>
<li>CSL is delaying demerger of CSL Seqirus ‘to maximise shareholder value.’ PharmaEssentia has filed for the additional indication of Besremi for Essential Thrombocythemia (ET) with the FDA.</li>
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Takeda has dropped AstraZeneca-partnered antibody drug candidate from its pipeline. Eisai and Merck are closing late-stage trial of Lenvima plus Keytruda in hepatocellular carcinoma on disappointing result.
Wuxi AppTec sharpens CRDMO business by selling its China-based clinical research subsidiaries. FDA has designated Celltrion’s Stoboclo and Osenvelt as interchangeable biosimilars to the reference products Prolia and Xgeva, respectively.
CSL is delaying demerger of CSL Seqirus ‘to maximise shareholder value.’ PharmaEssentia has filed for the additional indication of Besremi for Essential Thrombocythemia (ET) with the FDA.


APAC Healthcare Weekly (November 2) – Takeda, Eisai, Wuxi AppTec, Celltrion, CSL, PharmaEssentia

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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

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AstraZeneca is a multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company that researches, develops, and manufactures prescription medicines. The company focuses on core therapeutic areas including oncology, cardiovascular, renal and metabolic diseases, respiratory and immunology, and rare diseases. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Cambridge, UK.

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APAC Healthcare Weekly (February 1) – Simcere, CSPC, Hanmi Pharm, HK Inno.N, Eisai, Chugai Pharma

CSPC and Simcere signed outlicensing deals with AstraZeneca and Boehringer Ingelheim, respectively. Eisai’s Leqembi autoinjector is now under FDA...

Tina Banerjee

APAC Healthcare Weekly (November 30) – Kelun Bio, ImmuneOnco, Otsuka, Eisai, Alteogen, SK Biopharma

Kelun Bio announces Phase 3 trial success for ADC-Keytruda combo in first-line lung cancer. Otsuka got FDA approval for IgAN drug. Alteogen secures...

Tina Banerjee

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 (November 2) – Takeda, Eisai, Wuxi AppTec, Celltrion, CSL, PharmaEssentia

Takeda and Eisai witnessed clinical trials setback. Wuxi AppTec is selling China-based CRO subsidiaries. CSL is delaying demerger of CSL Seqirus....

Tina Banerjee

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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