APAC IPOs & Placements

Zhen Zhou, Toh

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.

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vesync" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31067:1" rel="noopener">Vesync (2148 HK)</a> raised US$200m in its Hong Kong IPO, priced at the top-end of its price range.</p>
<p>The company sells small home appliances mainly through Amazon’s e-commerce marketplace and its products range from home environment appliances to health monitoring devices. The company derived most of its revenue from North America.</p>
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<p>In this note, we will look at the deal dynamics and provide a table with implied valuation at different share price levels.</p>
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<p>Our previous coverage of the IPO:</p>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/vesync-ipo-the-tale-of-valuation-dichotomy" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:46142" rel="noopener">Vesync IPO - The Tale of Valuation Dichotomy</a> </li>
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Vesync (2148 HK) raised US$200m in its Hong Kong IPO, priced at the top-end of its price range.
The company sells small home appliances mainly through Amazon’s e-commerce marketplace and its products range from home environment appliances to health monitoring devices. The company derived most of its revenue from North America.

In this note, we will look at the deal dynamics and provide a table with implied valuation at different share price levels.


Our previous coverage of the IPO:


Vesync IPO - The Tale of Valuation Dichotomy 



Vesync IPO Trading - Priced at Top-End but Still Reasonable

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

<p style="text-align: justify;">On November 20, another unprofitable biopharmaceutical company, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/antengene-corporation-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29705:1" rel="noopener">Antengene (6996 HK)</a>, will be listed on HKEX at a price of HK$18.08 per share. Currently, Antengene has a total of 12 innovative drugs in its pipeline. Among them, 6 drugs are basically from license-in mode while the rest are mainly self-developed. From the public information, it is still unknown that whether Antengene would use the license-in mode (like <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/everest-medicines" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29224:1" rel="noopener">Everest Medicines (1952 HK)</a>) to achieve rapid financing and then develop a competitive pipeline in the future. The following is mainly to analyze the value and potential of the current pipeline, and also provide some thoughts on valuation.</p>

On November 20, another unprofitable biopharmaceutical company, Antengene (6996 HK), will be listed on HKEX at a price of HK$18.08 per share. Currently, Antengene has a total of 12 innovative drugs in its pipeline. Among them, 6 drugs are basically from license-in mode while the rest are mainly self-developed. From the public information, it is still unknown that whether Antengene would use the license-in mode (like Everest Medicines (1952 HK)) to achieve rapid financing and then develop a competitive pipeline in the future. The following is mainly to analyze the value and potential of the current pipeline, and also provide some thoughts on valuation.

Antengene - Insights on Pipeline and Valuation

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/remegen-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29191:1" rel="noopener">Remegen Ltd (1788976D CH) </a>is an innovative bio-pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of first-in-class and best-in-class biological drugs. The two core products of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/remegen-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29191:1" rel="noopener">Remegen Ltd (1788976D CH)</a>  are RC18 and RC48 (Related article: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/compose/insight/45020/Pre-IPO%20RemeGen%20-%20Insights%20on%20Two%20Core%20Products%20RC18%20&amp;%20RC48.%20Read%20more:%20https:/skr.ma/sxMEQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pre-IPO RemeGen - Insights on Two Core Products RC18 &amp; RC48. Read more: https://skr.ma/sxMEQ</a>). It is said that the Company is going to be listed on HKEX at a price of HK$52.1/share in November. In terms of valuation, is RemeGen overvalued? </p>

Remegen Ltd (1788976D CH) is an innovative bio-pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of first-in-class and best-in-class biological drugs. The two core products of Remegen Ltd (1788976D CH)  are RC18 and RC48 (Related article: Pre-IPO RemeGen - Insights on Two Core Products RC18 &amp; RC48. Read more: https://skr.ma/sxMEQ). It is said that the Company is going to be listed on HKEX at a price of HK$52.1/share in November. In terms of valuation, is RemeGen overvalued? 

A Different Angle - RemeGen Vs Akeso (Insights on Valuation)

Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Shifara Samsudeen, FCMA, CGMA

Equity Analyst

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LightStream conducts quantitatively rigorous and data-driven analysis with a focus on Japan and Asia.

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/eisai-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21001:1" rel="noopener">Eisai Co Ltd (4523 JP)</a>  is a global R&amp;D based pharmaceutical company who has positioned neurology and oncology as its therapeutic areas of focus. Since October 2017, Biogen and Eisai have collaborated on the development and commercialisation of Aducanumab (BIIB037), an investigational treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. The US FDA accepted the Biologics License Application (BLA) for Aducanumab for review in August 2020 and was granted priority review status.</p><p>US FDA briefing documents (dated 04<sup>th</sup> November) states that the FDA staff have enough data to approve the treatment, which would become the first new Alzheimer’s therapy in nearly two decades. The briefing documents have been released ahead of a meeting of outside advisers who will issue a non-binding vote on whether to recommend Aducanumab’s approval. These experts are scheduled to meet on Friday, 06<sup>th</sup> November.</p><p>Eisai’s shares have climbed 18% during Thursday’s trading following the release of the FDA briefing document. In this insight, we take a look at Aducanumab, the collaboration agreement between Eisai and Biogen, and the impact on the company’s fundamental and valuation if the drug is approved by the FDA.</p>

Eisai Co Ltd (4523 JP)  is a global R&amp;D based pharmaceutical company who has positioned neurology and oncology as its therapeutic areas of focus. Since October 2017, Biogen and Eisai have collaborated on the development and commercialisation of Aducanumab (BIIB037), an investigational treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. The US FDA accepted the Biologics License Application (BLA) for Aducanumab for review in August 2020 and was granted priority review status.US FDA briefing documents (dated 04th November) states that the FDA staff have enough data to approve the treatment, which would become the first new Alzheimer’s therapy in nearly two decades. The briefing documents have been released ahead of a meeting of outside advisers who will issue a non-binding vote on whether to recommend Aducanumab’s approval. These experts are scheduled to meet on Friday, 06th November.Eisai’s shares have climbed 18% during Thursday’s trading following the release of the FDA briefing document. In this insight, we take a look at Aducanumab, the collaboration agreement between Eisai and Biogen, and the impact on the company’s fundamental and valuation if the drug is approved by the FDA.

Eisai: Shares Surge on Positive Review of Drug Candidate; Blockbuster Potential if Approved

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

<p>JW Therapeutics raised HKD 2,197 million (USD 387m) from its global offering and will list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange tomorrow November 2nd.</p>
<p>n our previous note, we discussed that the company is backed by a strong shareholder Juno, and has a strong foundation in the technology underlying the CAR-T therapy, which is demonstrated by its superior safety data for its Relma-cel. In addition to the CD19 target, the company has also obtained the technology for the BCMA target. The company's T-cell receptor-based pipeline products for solid tumor (liver cancer) with anti-T cell exhaustion enhancement based on the technologies from Eureka and Lyell have good potential as well. </p>
<p>In this note, we will look at the allocation and implications. We think the IPO valuation is reasonable with long term upsides given its leadership in CAR-T therapy.  However, we note that both Legend Biotech and Immunotech Biopharm have fallen substantially from their peak, which doesn't bode well for JW Therapeutics' listing. </p>
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<h2>Our previous coverage on JW Therapeutics</h2>
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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/jw-therapeutics-pre-ipo-car-t-leader-in-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JW Therapeutics (药明巨诺) Pre-IPO: CAR-T leader in China</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/jw-therapeutics-pre-ipo-pricing-with-in-license-potential" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JW Therapeutics (药明巨诺) Pre-IPO: Pricing with in-license potential</a></p>
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<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/jw-therapeutics-ipo-free-options-for-potential-license-in" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JW Therapeutics (药明巨诺) IPO: Free Options for Potential License-In</a></li>
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JW Therapeutics raised HKD 2,197 million (USD 387m) from its global offering and will list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange tomorrow November 2nd.
n our previous note, we discussed that the company is backed by a strong shareholder Juno, and has a strong foundation in the technology underlying the CAR-T therapy, which is demonstrated by its superior safety data for its Relma-cel. In addition to the CD19 target, the company has also obtained the technology for the BCMA target. The company's T-cell receptor-based pipeline products for solid tumor (liver cancer) with anti-T cell exhaustion enhancement based on the technologies from Eureka and Lyell have good potential as well. 
In this note, we will look at the allocation and implications. We think the IPO valuation is reasonable with long term upsides given its leadership in CAR-T therapy.  However, we note that both Legend Biotech and Immunotech Biopharm have fallen substantially from their peak, which doesn't bode well for JW Therapeutics' listing. 

Our previous coverage on JW Therapeutics




JW Therapeutics (药明巨诺) Pre-IPO: CAR-T leader in China


JW Therapeutics (药明巨诺) Pre-IPO: Pricing with in-license potential

JW Therapeutics (药明巨诺) IPO: Free Options for Potential License-In



JW Therapeutics (药明巨诺) IPO Trading: Peer Performance Doesn't Support a Strong Debut

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JW (Cayman) Therapeutics Co. Ltd operates as a clinical stage therapy platform company. The Company offers developing, manufacturing and commercializing breakthrough cell-based immunotherapies forhematological cancers and solid tumors. JW (Cayman) Therapeutics provides services in China.

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JW Therapeutics (2126 HK)

Vesync IPO Trading - Priced at Top-End but Still Reasonable

Vesync (2148 HK) raised US$200m in its Hong Kong IPO, priced at the top-end of its price range. The company sells small home appliances mainly...

Zhen Zhou, Toh

Antengene - Insights on Pipeline and Valuation

This article analyzed the value and potential of Antengene's current pipeline, its competitors' products and also include some thoughts on valuation.

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

A Different Angle - RemeGen Vs Akeso (Insights on Valuation)

In this article, by comparing RemeGen and Akeso's pipelines from different aspects to provide referable and helpful insights about the valuation...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Eisai: Shares Surge on Positive Review of Drug Candidate; Blockbuster Potential if Approved

Biogen and Eisai have collaborated on the development and commercialisation of Aducanumab, an investigational treatment for Alzheimer’s disease....

Shifara Samsudeen, FCMA, CGMA

JW Therapeutics (药明巨诺) IPO Trading: Peer Performance Doesn't Support a Strong Debut

In this note, we will look at the allocation and implications. We think the IPO valuation is reasonable with long term upsides given its leadership...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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