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<ul><li>Pharmaceuticals: We expect pharmaceutical companies under our coverage to deliver a subdued yet positive performance in Q2FY27, with aggregate revenue rising 7.0% YoY and 3.6% QoQ to Rs 40,903 Cr.</li><li>However, EBITDA is estimated to decline 10% YoY but rise 6.3% QoQ to Rs 8,308 Cr, while adjusted PAT is likely to decline 19.6% YoY but moderately rise by 4.2% sequentially to Rs 4,331 Cr.</li><li>According to IQVIA data, chronic care segments such as cardiovascular and antidiabetic treatments are sustaining their outperformance against the broader Indian Pharmaceutical Market. </li></ul>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.

Pharmaceuticals: We expect pharmaceutical companies under our coverage to deliver a subdued yet positive performance in Q2FY27, with aggregate revenue rising 7.0% YoY and 3.6% QoQ to Rs 40,903 Cr.However, EBITDA is estimated to decline 10% YoY but rise 6.3% QoQ to Rs 8,308 Cr, while adjusted PAT is likely to decline 19.6% YoY but moderately rise by 4.2% sequentially to Rs 4,331 Cr.According to IQVIA data, chronic care segments such as cardiovascular and antidiabetic treatments are sustaining their outperformance against the broader Indian Pharmaceutical Market. 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.

Pharma and Healthcare - Q2FY27E: Result Preview

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

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<li>We have screened for APAC (ex-China) healthcare companies using their respective Smart Score, a compound score for a company indicating its overall outlook based on key factors.</li>
<li>Smart Score screens the stock based on five major components including value, dividends, growth, resilience, and momentum. It also provides a cumulative score, which puts equal weightage on each parameter.  </li>
<li>Parameters used to screen the stocks: market cap≥ $800M and smart score≥ 3.5. We have seen stocks having high smart score has strong growth prospects and qualify for investment proposition.</li>
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We have screened for APAC (ex-China) healthcare companies using their respective Smart Score, a compound score for a company indicating its overall outlook based on key factors.
Smart Score screens the stock based on five major components including value, dividends, growth, resilience, and momentum. It also provides a cumulative score, which puts equal weightage on each parameter.  
Parameters used to screen the stocks: market cap≥ $800M and smart score≥ 3.5. We have seen stocks having high smart score has strong growth prospects and qualify for investment proposition.


Top APAC (Ex-China) Investment Worthy Healthcare Companies Using Smartkarma’s Smart Score Screener

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Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

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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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<ul>
<li>A group of shareholders raised around US$530m in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mankind-pharma-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36389:1" rel="noopener">Mankind Pharma</a>(MP) IPO in May 2023. The pre-IPO shareholders will be released from their lockup soon.</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 talk about the lock-up dynamics and recent updates.</li>
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A group of shareholders raised around US$530m in Mankind Pharma(MP) IPO in May 2023. The pre-IPO shareholders will be released from their lockup soon.
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 talk about the lock-up dynamics and recent updates.


Mankind Pharma Lock-Up - A US$1.1bn+ Lockup Release

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
 <li>Cipla is strategically positioned for growth, driven by its dominant domestic franchise in chronic therapies, a robust pipeline of complex generics for the US market, and expanding presence in other emerging markets.</li>
 <li>The company demonstrates strong financial health with consistent revenue growth, improving margins, and a solid track record of cash flow generation, supporting investments in R&amp;D and strategic initiatives.</li>
 <li>Key risks include persistent pricing pressures in the U.S. generics market and stringent regulatory oversight from bodies like the USFDA, which could lead to operational hurdles and impact earnings.</li>
</ul>This content is AI-generated and displayed for general informational purposes only. Please verify independently before use.


  Cipla is strategically positioned for growth, driven by its dominant domestic franchise in chronic therapies, a robust pipeline of complex generics for the US market, and expanding presence in other emerging markets.
  The company demonstrates strong financial health with consistent revenue growth, improving margins, and a solid track record of cash flow generation, supporting investments in R&amp;D and strategic initiatives.
  Key risks include persistent pricing pressures in the U.S. generics market and stringent regulatory oversight from bodies like the USFDA, which could lead to operational hurdles and impact earnings.
This content is AI-generated and displayed for general informational purposes only. Please verify independently before use.

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<li>Simcere inks outlicensing agreement with Roche for tri-specific antibody in total deal value of $2B+. Hutchmed enters outlicense agreement with GSK for first-in-class drug candidate for upfront payment of $110M.</li>
<li>Akeso’s ivonescimab demonstrates significant overall survival benefit in Keytruda head-to-head trial in NSCLC. Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu has been approved in EU for the first-line treatment of HER2 positive breast cancer.</li>
<li>Alteogen inked agreement with Novartis for the development and commercialization of subcutaneous products utilizing ALT-B4. Pharmaessentia secured FDA approval of Besremi for the treatment of essential thrombocythemia.</li>
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Simcere inks outlicensing agreement with Roche for tri-specific antibody in total deal value of $2B+. Hutchmed enters outlicense agreement with GSK for first-in-class drug candidate for upfront payment of $110M.
Akeso’s ivonescimab demonstrates significant overall survival benefit in Keytruda head-to-head trial in NSCLC. Daiichi Sankyo’s Enhertu has been approved in EU for the first-line treatment of HER2 positive breast cancer.
Alteogen inked agreement with Novartis for the development and commercialization of subcutaneous products utilizing ALT-B4. Pharmaessentia secured FDA approval of Besremi for the treatment of essential thrombocythemia.


APAC Healthcare Weekly (Sept 6) – Simcere, Hutchmed, Akeso, Daiichi Sankyo, Alteogen, Pharmaessentia

India

Cipla Limited manufactures and sells pharmaceutical and personal care products. The Company offers active pharmaceutical ingredients, and formulations in therapeutic areas, such as allergy, analgesic, anti malarial, anti-infectives, cardiology, dermatology and cosmeceuticals, diabetology, gastroenterology, steroids, iron chelators, nutritional products.

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