Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Nippon Shinyaku filed NDA of tagraxofusp for a rare aggressive hematologic malignancy in Japan. Shionogi initiated rolling NDA submission to the FDA for Xocova for COVID-19 post-exposure prophylaxis.</li>
<li>Beigene is discontinuing clinical development program for ociperlimab, as a potential treatment for lung cancer. Celltrion received positive CHMP opinion for the addition of the Omlyclo autoinjector formulation.  </li>
<li>The first three children with SR-aGvHD will receive a course of Mesoblast’s Ryoncil commencing this week. Lupin is acquiring UK-based Renascience Pharma, a sole supplier of 4 specialty products.</li>
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Nippon Shinyaku filed NDA of tagraxofusp for a rare aggressive hematologic malignancy in Japan. Shionogi initiated rolling NDA submission to the FDA for Xocova for COVID-19 post-exposure prophylaxis.
Beigene is discontinuing clinical development program for ociperlimab, as a potential treatment for lung cancer. Celltrion received positive CHMP opinion for the addition of the Omlyclo autoinjector formulation.  
The first three children with SR-aGvHD will receive a course of Mesoblast’s Ryoncil commencing this week. Lupin is acquiring UK-based Renascience Pharma, a sole supplier of 4 specialty products.


APAC Healthcare Weekly (April 6)- Nippon Shinyaku, Shionogi, Beigene, Celltrion, Mesoblast, Lupin

Market & Forensics Analyst, Beat the Street

Nimish Maheshwari

Market & Forensics Analyst

Beat the Street

Beat The Street was founded by Nimish Maheshwari and Sudarshan Bhandari, both of whom are Chartered Accountants by Profession, known for their expert analysis in the fields of Business, Sectoral analysis, and Corporate governance.

With a strong social media presence of 45,000+ Subscribers across various platforms, they are considered trusted voices in the industry. Their insights and analysis have been featured in some of India’s most prominent publications, including the Economic Times, Dalal Street Investment Journal, The Morning Context, and The Ken.

Their analysis on Bankrupt & Insolvent companies has been instrumental in saving investors from significant losses. They have a keen eye for identifying red flags and has identified exclusive redflags earlier in Vedanta, Nykaa, Dhani Services, Adani and many more.

Read Business Not Stock Prices

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<li>Trump’s reciprocal tariff plan imposes a 27% duty on Indian goods, sparing pharma and IT but impacting autos, textiles, chemicals, and solar exports.</li>
<li>Despite steep headline tariffs, India’s top export sectors, IT services and pharma, remain unaffected, preserving key revenue streams and softening near-term macroeconomic impact.</li>
<li>Investors will likely rotate into resilient sectors like pharma and IT while avoiding margin-sensitive names in textiles, chemicals, and auto ancillaries vulnerable to export-led earnings volatility.</li>
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Trump’s reciprocal tariff plan imposes a 27% duty on Indian goods, sparing pharma and IT but impacting autos, textiles, chemicals, and solar exports.
Despite steep headline tariffs, India’s top export sectors, IT services and pharma, remain unaffected, preserving key revenue streams and softening near-term macroeconomic impact.
Investors will likely rotate into resilient sectors like pharma and IT while avoiding margin-sensitive names in textiles, chemicals, and auto ancillaries vulnerable to export-led earnings volatility.


Decoding Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs: Limited Shock for India, Sector Rotation Ahead

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<li>Q1FY25 results of the leading Indian pharmaceutical companies showed healthy and broad-based growth of the Indian pharmaceutical market, which grew 8.7% in Q1FY25.</li>
<li>Most of the top listed players registered double-digit revenue growth from their respective India formulation segments. Focus on chronic therapies remained major growth driver.</li>
<li>The Nifty Pharma Index has outperformed the benchmark Nifty 50, rising 32% YTD. The benchmark index has gained just 13% over the same period.</li>
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Q1FY25 results of the leading Indian pharmaceutical companies showed healthy and broad-based growth of the Indian pharmaceutical market, which grew 8.7% in Q1FY25.
Most of the top listed players registered double-digit revenue growth from their respective India formulation segments. Focus on chronic therapies remained major growth driver.
The Nifty Pharma Index has outperformed the benchmark Nifty 50, rising 32% YTD. The benchmark index has gained just 13% over the same period.


Indian Pharmaceutical Market: On A Healthy Growth Path; Momentum to Continue in Rest of the Year

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

Knowledge Realty Trust / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/knowledge-realty-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44486:1" rel="noopener">Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT IN)</a> raised about US$550m in its India IPO in Aug 2025. The lockup on its pre-IPO investors is set to expire soon.</li>
<li>KRT is India's largest office REIT by gross asset value, owning and operating a portfolio of premium Grade-A office parks leased primarily to multinational tenants across key Indian office markets.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.</li>
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Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT IN) raised about US$550m in its India IPO in Aug 2025. The lockup on its pre-IPO investors is set to expire soon.
KRT is India's largest office REIT by gross asset value, owning and operating a portfolio of premium Grade-A office parks leased primarily to multinational tenants across key Indian office markets.
In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.


Aequitas: Knowledge Realty Trust IPO Lockup Expiry - US$4bn+ Lockup Release

India focused: IPO, special situations, Stylus Holdings

Himanshu Dugar

India focused: IPO, special situations

Stylus Holdings

Stylus Holdings is a buy-side equity research firm. We offer bottom-up investment ideas as well as provide on demand equity research and portfolio tracking. 
At Stylus, our focus is to identify market dislocations that can generate 20+% IRR with a reasonable margin of safety. As part of our research process, we do a deep dive into the fundamentals of the company, evaluate their competitive positioning and assess their valuation.
Our investment team is led by Himanshu Dugar. Himanshu is a Chartered Accountant and a CFA charter holder. He has 10+ years of active experience in the stock market with stints at CRISIL Research, a S&P Global copmany and Miras Investments, a single family office based in Dubai.

Equity Research Firm

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<li>CRL is a fast-growing domestic-focused Indian pharma company that focuses on chronic therapies related to Women's healthcare and cardio-diabetics. It has a diversified portfolio of 550+ products across 71 brands</li>
<li>It follows a roll-up growth model, acquiring brands from global MNCs that are complementary to its existing infrastructure. It has successfully scaled 7 brands  from ~1-2cr to 50+ crores</li>
<li>We estimate the company to deliver high teens earnings growth in the medium term and hence find the IPO attractive at ~30x FY27 earnings relative to peers trading at 25-40x</li>
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CRL is a fast-growing domestic-focused Indian pharma company that focuses on chronic therapies related to Women's healthcare and cardio-diabetics. It has a diversified portfolio of 550+ products across 71 brands
It follows a roll-up growth model, acquiring brands from global MNCs that are complementary to its existing infrastructure. It has successfully scaled 7 brands  from ~1-2cr to 50+ crores
We estimate the company to deliver high teens earnings growth in the medium term and hence find the IPO attractive at ~30x FY27 earnings relative to peers trading at 25-40x


Corona Remedies IPO Review: Rolling up Growth

India

Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures, and markets a broad range of pharmaceutical products globally. The company's portfolio includes tablets, capsules, and injectables, covering therapeutic areas such as gynecology, cardiovascular, oncology, HIV antivirals, and other anti-infectives. It is headquartered in Pune, India, and was founded in 1981.

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APAC Healthcare Weekly (April 6)- Nippon Shinyaku, Shionogi, Beigene, Celltrion, Mesoblast, Lupin

Nippon Shinyaku and Shionogi are filing for new drugs. Beigene dropped a phase 3 oncology asset. Mesoblast is about to start treatment with...

Tina Banerjee

Decoding Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs: Limited Shock for India, Sector Rotation Ahead

Trump's reciprocal tariff plan on Indian goods spares pharma and IT, impacting autos, textiles, chemicals, and solar exports. Investors may shift...

Nimish Maheshwari

Indian Pharmaceutical Market: On A Healthy Growth Path; Momentum to Continue in Rest of the Year

Indian pharmaceutical market grew 8.7% in Q1FY25. Most of the top players reported double-digit revenue growth in domestic market. Nifty Pharma...

Tina Banerjee

Aequitas: Knowledge Realty Trust IPO Lockup Expiry - US$4bn+ Lockup Release

Blackstone is offering to sell part of its stake in KRT, up to 25.03% for ~INR119.88bn (~US$1.26bn), at a floor price of INR108/unit. The deal...

Akshat Shah

Corona Remedies IPO Review: Rolling up Growth

CRL focuses on chronic therapies for Women's healthcare and cardio-diabetics, with a diverse portfolio of 550+ products. It follows a roll-up...

Himanshu Dugar

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APAC Healthcare Weekly (April 6)- Nippon Shinyaku, Shionogi, Beigene, Celltrion, Mesoblast, Lupin

Nippon Shinyaku and Shionogi are filing for new drugs. Beigene dropped a phase 3 oncology asset. Mesoblast is about to start treatment with...

Tina Banerjee

Decoding Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs: Limited Shock for India, Sector Rotation Ahead

​Trump's reciprocal tariff plan on Indian goods spares pharma and IT, impacting autos, textiles, chemicals, and solar exports. Investors may shift...

Nimish Maheshwari

Indian Pharmaceutical Market: On A Healthy Growth Path; Momentum to Continue in Rest of the Year

​Indian pharmaceutical market grew 8.7% in Q1FY25. Most of the top players reported double-digit revenue growth in domestic market. Nifty Pharma...

Tina Banerjee

Aequitas: Knowledge Realty Trust IPO Lockup Expiry - US$4bn+ Lockup Release

Blackstone is offering to sell part of its stake in KRT, up to 25.03% for ~INR119.88bn (~US$1.26bn), at a floor price of INR108/unit. The deal...

Akshat Shah

Corona Remedies IPO Review: Rolling up Growth

CRL focuses on chronic therapies for Women's healthcare and cardio-diabetics, with a diverse portfolio of 550+ products. It follows a roll-up...

Himanshu Dugar

Trump's reciprocal tariff plan on Indian goods spares pharma and IT, impacting autos, textiles, chemicals, and solar exports. Investors may shift...

Indian pharmaceutical market grew 8.7% in Q1FY25. Most of the top players reported double-digit revenue growth in domestic market. Nifty Pharma...