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Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

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Equity Bottom-Up

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Biocon Ltd has confirmed its board, via a committee first formed on May 8, 2025, is formally evaluating a reverse merger of its unlisted arm, Biocon Biologics, into the parent.</li>
<li>This merger is a financial de-risking move designed to immediately address $1.2 billion in acquisition debt and unlock a 'conglomerate discount' on the Rs.2,721 crore revenue biosimilars business.</li>
<li>The move would eliminate the parent's holding company discount, but the key hurdle is the valuation and swap ratio required to satisfy minority shareholders, chiefly Serum Institute.</li>
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Biocon Ltd has confirmed its board, via a committee first formed on May 8, 2025, is formally evaluating a reverse merger of its unlisted arm, Biocon Biologics, into the parent.
This merger is a financial de-risking move designed to immediately address $1.2 billion in acquisition debt and unlock a 'conglomerate discount' on the Rs.2,721 crore revenue biosimilars business.
The move would eliminate the parent's holding company discount, but the key hurdle is the valuation and swap ratio required to satisfy minority shareholders, chiefly Serum Institute.


Why Biocon's Merger Is the Cleaner, Cheaper Path to Value Unlock?

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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/biocon-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:398:1" rel="noopener">Biocon Ltd (BIOS IN)</a> Biocon Ltd is looking to raise up to US$522m in its qualified institutional placement (QIP).</li>
<li>The deal is well flagged, having gone through rounds of board/shareholder approvals. The QIP has also been covered by domestic media reports.</li>
<li>In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
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Biocon Ltd (BIOS IN) Biocon Ltd is looking to raise up to US$522m in its qualified institutional placement (QIP).
The deal is well flagged, having gone through rounds of board/shareholder approvals. The QIP has also been covered by domestic media reports.
In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


Biocon Ltd QIP - Well Flagged US$522m QIP; Largely Towards Clearing Debt

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mankind-pharma-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36389:1" rel="noopener">Mankind Pharma</a> is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>MP is a pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a range of pharmaceutical formulations across various acute and chronic therapeutic areas, as well as several consumer healthcare products.</li>
<li>In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison with some of the India listed and domestically focussed pharmaceutical firms.</li>
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Mankind Pharma is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.
MP is a pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a range of pharmaceutical formulations across various acute and chronic therapeutic areas, as well as several consumer healthcare products.
In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison with some of the India listed and domestically focussed pharmaceutical firms.


Mankind Pharma Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - One of the Largest, with Better Growth and Margins

Market & Forensics Analyst, Beat the Street

Nimish Maheshwari

Market & Forensics Analyst

Thyrocare Technologies / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The generic availability of GLP-1 drugs from 2026 presents a structural, high-volume, and repetitive diagnostics opportunity that perfectly fits Thyrocare's low-cost, centralized B2B model.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/thyrocare-technologies-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22694:1" rel="noopener">Thyrocare Technologies (THYROCAR IN)</a> reported robust Q2 FY'26 consolidated revenue growth of 22% YoY, coupled with a normalized EBITDA margin expansion to 34.8%.</li>
<li>Strong execution and quality improvements position Thyrocare to capture this multi-year GLP-1-driven volume surge.</li>
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The generic availability of GLP-1 drugs from 2026 presents a structural, high-volume, and repetitive diagnostics opportunity that perfectly fits Thyrocare's low-cost, centralized B2B model.

Thyrocare Technologies (THYROCAR IN) reported robust Q2 FY'26 consolidated revenue growth of 22% YoY, coupled with a normalized EBITDA margin expansion to 34.8%.
Strong execution and quality improvements position Thyrocare to capture this multi-year GLP-1-driven volume surge.


Thyrocare Technologies Limited: Positioned for the GLP-1 Diagnostics

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Celltrion inlicensed two antibody-based new drug candidates for the treatment of autoimmune diseases in KRW1T deal. Dong-A ST received approval for epilepsy drug, Xcopri, developed by SK Biopharmaceuticals in Korea.</li>
<li>Hanmi Pharmaceutical will distribute and sell three major COPD treatments developed by Boehringer Ingelheim. Shandong Boan Biotechnology’s marketing application for denosumab biosimilar has been accepted in the UK.  </li>
<li>Eisai has settled patent infringement litigation with Torrent Pharmaceuticals related to Lenvima in the U.S. Otsuka Holdings initiated Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating quabodepistat, for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.</li>
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Celltrion inlicensed two antibody-based new drug candidates for the treatment of autoimmune diseases in KRW1T deal. Dong-A ST received approval for epilepsy drug, Xcopri, developed by SK Biopharmaceuticals in Korea.
Hanmi Pharmaceutical will distribute and sell three major COPD treatments developed by Boehringer Ingelheim. Shandong Boan Biotechnology’s marketing application for denosumab biosimilar has been accepted in the UK.  
Eisai has settled patent infringement litigation with Torrent Pharmaceuticals related to Lenvima in the U.S. Otsuka Holdings initiated Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating quabodepistat, for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.


APAC Healthcare Weekly (November 9) – Celltrion, Dong-A ST, Hanmi Pharm, Boan Bio, Eisai, Otsuka

India

Biocon Ltd., is an integrated biotechnology enterprise with a presence in biopharmaceuticals, enzymes, custom research and clinical research. The Company's pharmaceutical products include statins, immunosuppressants and anti-diabetic drugs. Biocon also manufactures specialty enzymes and new enzyme applications besides providing clinical and custom research services.

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Biocon Ltd (BIOS IN)

Why Biocon's Merger Is the Cleaner, Cheaper Path to Value Unlock?

Biocon Ltd is considering a reverse merger with Biocon Biologics to address debt and unlock value, but faces hurdles with minority shareholders.

Sudarshan Bhandari

Biocon Ltd QIP - Well Flagged US$522m QIP; Largely Towards Clearing Debt

Biocon Ltd is looking to raise around US$520m in its QIP at a floor price of INR 323.2/share, implying a 9.5% discount to the last close.

Akshat Shah

Mankind Pharma Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - One of the Largest, with Better Growth and Margins

Mankind Pharma is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison.

Sumeet Singh

Thyrocare Technologies Limited: Positioned for the GLP-1 Diagnostics

Thyrocare Technologies poised to capitalize on GLP-1 drug availability from 2026 with strong Q2 performance and low-cost B2B model.

Nimish Maheshwari

APAC Healthcare Weekly (November 9) – Celltrion, Dong-A ST, Hanmi Pharm, Boan Bio, Eisai, Otsuka

Celltrion inlicensed two antibody drug candidates in KRW1T deal. Dong-A got domestic approval for Xcopri. Hanmi Pharm will distribute Boehringer...

Tina Banerjee

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Why Biocon's Merger Is the Cleaner, Cheaper Path to Value Unlock?

​Biocon Ltd is considering a reverse merger with Biocon Biologics to address debt and unlock value, but faces hurdles with minority shareholders.

Sudarshan Bhandari

Biocon Ltd QIP - Well Flagged US$522m QIP; Largely Towards Clearing Debt

Biocon Ltd is looking to raise around US$520m in its QIP at a floor price of INR 323.2/share, implying a 9.5% discount to the last close.

Akshat Shah

Mankind Pharma Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - One of the Largest, with Better Growth and Margins

Mankind Pharma is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison.

Sumeet Singh

Thyrocare Technologies Limited: Positioned for the GLP-1 Diagnostics

​Thyrocare Technologies poised to capitalize on GLP-1 drug availability from 2026 with strong Q2 performance and low-cost B2B model.

Nimish Maheshwari

APAC Healthcare Weekly (November 9) – Celltrion, Dong-A ST, Hanmi Pharm, Boan Bio, Eisai, Otsuka

Celltrion inlicensed two antibody drug candidates in KRW1T deal. Dong-A got domestic approval for Xcopri. Hanmi Pharm will distribute Boehringer...

Tina Banerjee

Biocon Ltd is considering a reverse merger with Biocon Biologics to address debt and unlock value, but faces hurdles with minority shareholders.

Thyrocare Technologies poised to capitalize on GLP-1 drug availability from 2026 with strong Q2 performance and low-cost B2B model.