HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Bottom-Up

Shanghai Henlius Biotech / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>LVC increased its holding of Henlius by 1,110,900 shares on January 23, reflecting its high recognition of the Company and optimism on its prospects, despite the biosimilar VBP headwinds.</li>
<li>Even with concerns, LVC still repeatedly invested in Henlius at a valuation far higher than its actual value, offering support with real money during pre-IPO stage.</li>
<li>Lin Lijun’s dissenting vote was a deliberate decision. We are interested to see Lin's next move. Lin should have a very clear understanding of the true value of Henlius.</li>
</ul>


LVC increased its holding of Henlius by 1,110,900 shares on January 23, reflecting its high recognition of the Company and optimism on its prospects, despite the biosimilar VBP headwinds.
Even with concerns, LVC still repeatedly invested in Henlius at a valuation far higher than its actual value, offering support with real money during pre-IPO stage.
Lin Lijun’s dissenting vote was a deliberate decision. We are interested to see Lin's next move. Lin should have a very clear understanding of the true value of Henlius.


Shanghai Henlius Biotech (2696 HK) - LVC Increased Its Holding of Henlius Again

China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharma / Equity Bottom-Up

China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharma (000999 CH)

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<li>If product sales cannot continue to climb rapidly and dilute the costs, the final profit will gradually fade away. Therefore, Chinese biotech companies need new blockbuster products to drive growth.</li>
<li>The decline in the number of biotech companies in the future is actually “a supply side reform” that fundamentally reduces market competition, which obviously benefit those first-tier companies.</li>
<li>The acquisition of Tasly by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-resources-sanju-mdcl-phrm-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6218:1" rel="noopener">China Resources Sanjiu Medical &amp; Pharma </a>is still in progress. The deal may not be completed until 25H1 if the approval time is not enough.</li>
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If product sales cannot continue to climb rapidly and dilute the costs, the final profit will gradually fade away. Therefore, Chinese biotech companies need new blockbuster products to drive growth.
The decline in the number of biotech companies in the future is actually “a supply side reform” that fundamentally reduces market competition, which obviously benefit those first-tier companies.
The acquisition of Tasly by China Resources Sanjiu Medical &amp; Pharma is still in progress. The deal may not be completed until 25H1 if the approval time is not enough.


China Healthcare Weekly (Feb.2)- Update on CR Sanjiu's Acquisition of Tasly, China Biotech's Outlook

Event-Driven

Chongqing Taiji Industry (Group) A / Event-Driven

Chongqing Taiji Industry (Group) A (600129 CH)

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<li>There are several ways for pharmaceutical companies to commercialize drugs. We analyzed the advantages and disadvantages and ranked them accordingly. Among them, out-licensing early-stage pipelines is the worst choice.</li>
<li>After 5-6 years of commercialization, China Biotech have reached the critical point of verifying the feasibility of business models. However, some companies are falling behind. We listed them below.</li>
<li>After the failure of China TCM’s privatization, CNPGC can choose to launch another privatization after 12 months. There’re also other methods to address the horizontal competition issue with Taiji Group.</li>
</ul>


There are several ways for pharmaceutical companies to commercialize drugs. We analyzed the advantages and disadvantages and ranked them accordingly. Among them, out-licensing early-stage pipelines is the worst choice.
After 5-6 years of commercialization, China Biotech have reached the critical point of verifying the feasibility of business models. However, some companies are falling behind. We listed them below.
After the failure of China TCM’s privatization, CNPGC can choose to launch another privatization after 12 months. There’re also other methods to address the horizontal competition issue with Taiji Group.


China Healthcare Weekly (Nov.10)-Biotech Model Validation, CNPGC Need to Fulfill Commitment to Taiji

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

<ul>
<li>The last week was a very busy one. The coming week has some announcements and implementations but is a relatively quieter one.</li>
<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sse-science-and-technology-innovation-board-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29279:1" rel="noopener">SSE STAR50 (STAR50 INDEX)</a> and STAR100 Index changes for March will be implemented at the close on Friday, the 8th.</li>
<li>Another week of inflows for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ishares-msci-emerging-markets-223f5da3-7054-4e4f-bc55-b7f0852c2581" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31998:1" rel="noopener">iShares Emerging Markets ex-China (EMXC US)</a> ETF as creations cross US$2bn for 2024. ETF AUM has gone from US$420m in 2021 to US$11bn now!</li>
</ul>


The last week was a very busy one. The coming week has some announcements and implementations but is a relatively quieter one.
The SSE STAR50 (STAR50 INDEX) and STAR100 Index changes for March will be implemented at the close on Friday, the 8th.
Another week of inflows for the iShares Emerging Markets ex-China (EMXC US) ETF as creations cross US$2bn for 2024. ETF AUM has gone from US$420m in 2021 to US$11bn now!


Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: STAR50/100, FXI, NIFTY/NEXT50, S&P500, KOSPI, Goodman, Ecopro BM

Bio-Thera Solutions Ltd / Index Rebalance

<ul>
<li>There are 10 changes for the STAR100 Index in March. We correctly forecast all 10 deletes and got 8 of the 10 adds right.</li>
<li>Estimated one-way turnover is 6.8% and that results in a one-way trade of CNY 1.79bn. Nearly all constituent changes have more than 1 day of ADV to trade.</li>
<li>The adds have started to outperform the deletes and the index over the last couple of weeks and there could be more outperformance in the next two weeks.</li>
</ul>


There are 10 changes for the STAR100 Index in March. We correctly forecast all 10 deletes and got 8 of the 10 adds right.
Estimated one-way turnover is 6.8% and that results in a one-way trade of CNY 1.79bn. Nearly all constituent changes have more than 1 day of ADV to trade.
The adds have started to outperform the deletes and the index over the last couple of weeks and there could be more outperformance in the next two weeks.


STAR100 Index Rebalance: Ten Changes a Side; Adds Outperforming as Expected

China

Bio-Thera Solutions, Ltd. researches and develops innovative and biosimilar therapeutics. The Company produces innovative monoclonal antibodies, adalimumab biosimilars, innovative drugs, and other related products. Bio-Thera Solutions markets its products throughout China.

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Shanghai Henlius Biotech (2696 HK) - LVC Increased Its Holding of Henlius Again

Share price of Henlius has rebounded rapidly to above HK$20/share after the deal break. LVC/Lin Lijun repeatedly increased holding of Henlius,...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

China Healthcare Weekly (Feb.2)- Update on CR Sanjiu's Acquisition of Tasly, China Biotech's Outlook

Chinese biotech companies need to develop new blockbuster products to sustain growth. A "supply side reform” benefits first-tier Biotech. The...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

China Healthcare Weekly (Nov.10)-Biotech Model Validation, CNPGC Need to Fulfill Commitment to Taiji

Out-licensing early-stage pipelines is the worst option. China Biotech at a critical point in verifying business models. CNPGC has other methods to...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: STAR50/100, FXI, NIFTY/NEXT50, S&P500, KOSPI, Goodman, Ecopro BM

This recap highlights Insights covering Asian index rebalances (announcements/ forecasts/ IPO Fast Entry/ M&A driven changes). We also highlight...

Brian Freitas

STAR100 Index Rebalance: Ten Changes a Side; Adds Outperforming as Expected

There are 10 changes a side for the STAR100 Index in March. Estimated one-way turnover is 6.8% resulting in a one-way trade of CNY 1.79bn. The adds...

Brian Freitas

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Shanghai Henlius Biotech (2696 HK) - LVC Increased Its Holding of Henlius Again

Share price of Henlius has rebounded rapidly to above HK$20/share after the deal break. LVC/Lin Lijun repeatedly increased holding of Henlius,...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

China Healthcare Weekly (Feb.2)- Update on CR Sanjiu's Acquisition of Tasly, China Biotech's Outlook

​Chinese biotech companies need to develop new blockbuster products to sustain growth. A "supply side reform” benefits first-tier Biotech. The...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

China Healthcare Weekly (Nov.10)-Biotech Model Validation, CNPGC Need to Fulfill Commitment to Taiji

Out-licensing early-stage pipelines is the worst option. China Biotech at a critical point in verifying business models. CNPGC has other methods to...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: STAR50/100, FXI, NIFTY/NEXT50, S&P500, KOSPI, Goodman, Ecopro BM

This recap highlights Insights covering Asian index rebalances (announcements/ forecasts/ IPO Fast Entry/ M&A driven changes). We also highlight...

Brian Freitas

STAR100 Index Rebalance: Ten Changes a Side; Adds Outperforming as Expected

There are 10 changes a side for the STAR100 Index in March. Estimated one-way turnover is 6.8% resulting in a one-way trade of CNY 1.79bn. The adds...

Brian Freitas

Chinese biotech companies need to develop new blockbuster products to sustain growth. A "supply side reform” benefits first-tier Biotech. The...