HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>We have always been concerned about QuantumPharm’s business model. It is relatively difficult for a service provider like QuantumPharm to scale up revenue by just relying on charging service fees.</li>
<li>For AI pharmaceutical companies, how to make money is a pain point for entire industry. Just focusing on preclinical stages would limit profitability.We haven’t seen any certainty of achieving breakeven.</li>
<li>Increasing competition would bring more challenges for QuantumPharm. Post-investment valuation in 2021 was too expensive.If its future performance falls short of expectations, then sooner or later the valuation will collapse. </li>
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We have always been concerned about QuantumPharm’s business model. It is relatively difficult for a service provider like QuantumPharm to scale up revenue by just relying on charging service fees.
For AI pharmaceutical companies, how to make money is a pain point for entire industry. Just focusing on preclinical stages would limit profitability.We haven’t seen any certainty of achieving breakeven.
Increasing competition would bring more challenges for QuantumPharm. Post-investment valuation in 2021 was too expensive.If its future performance falls short of expectations, then sooner or later the valuation will collapse. 


Pre-IPO QuantumPharm (PHIP Updates) - Some Points Worth the Attention

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<li>The essential difference between QuantumPharm and InSilico in terms of business models is that InSilico is an end-to-end generative AI-driven biotech but QuantumPharm is more of a platform-based service provider.</li>
<li>It’s difficult for QuantumPharm to achieve significant increase in revenue scale in short time,because the service fee amount is usually not large, and it takes time to accumulate order volume.</li>
<li>If there is no substantial performance contribution, these good stories would not bring about a sustained leap in valuation. QuantumPharm’s valuation in last funding round before IPO is too expensive. </li>
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The essential difference between QuantumPharm and InSilico in terms of business models is that InSilico is an end-to-end generative AI-driven biotech but QuantumPharm is more of a platform-based service provider.
It’s difficult for QuantumPharm to achieve significant increase in revenue scale in short time,because the service fee amount is usually not large, and it takes time to accumulate order volume.
If there is no substantial performance contribution, these good stories would not bring about a sustained leap in valuation. QuantumPharm’s valuation in last funding round before IPO is too expensive. 


Pre-IPO QuantumPharm - Good Stories May Not Be Backed up by Performance

Insilico Medicine / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/insilico-medicine-cayman-topco" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39890:1" rel="noopener">InSilico </a>’s business model is more of AI-CXO + AI-SaaS, but hasn't reached the stage of AI-biotech, considering its current revenue streams, which may lead to InSilico ultimately changing its positioning.</li>
<li>The significance of pipeline lies in the need for InSilico to verify the effectiveness of AI platforms/algorithms/technology through successful product launch. However, valuation of InSilico could be different from biotech.</li>
<li>AI pharmaceutical industry is at its infancy, which is a far cry from current levels of investment and expectations in the sector.We advise investors to be rational about this field.</li>
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InSilico ’s business model is more of AI-CXO + AI-SaaS, but hasn't reached the stage of AI-biotech, considering its current revenue streams, which may lead to InSilico ultimately changing its positioning.
The significance of pipeline lies in the need for InSilico to verify the effectiveness of AI platforms/algorithms/technology through successful product launch. However, valuation of InSilico could be different from biotech.
AI pharmaceutical industry is at its infancy, which is a far cry from current levels of investment and expectations in the sector.We advise investors to be rational about this field.


Pre-IPO InSilico Medicine - AI Pharmaceutical Is Immature; Valuation Expansion Relies on Imagination

Hong Kong

Insilico Medicine is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based biotechnology company that applies AI solutions to drug discovery and development, leveraging its proprietary Pharma.AI platform to identify and design early-stage drug candidates. The company develops novel drugs for various diseases, including cancer, fibrosis, immunity, and central nervous system disorders, and predicts clinical trial outcomes. Insilico Medicine was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New Territories, Hong Kong.

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