Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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.

Event-Driven

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<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

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Sino Biopharmaceutical entered outlicensing agreement with Sanofi for rovadicitinib for upfront payment of $135M. Antengene entered outlicensing agreement with UCB for ATG-201 for upfront and near-term milestone payment of $80M.</li>
<li>FDA accepted Takeda’s NDA for polycythemia vera drug rusfertide and granted Priority Review.  Sumitomo Pharma received conditional and time‑limited approval in Japan for the allogeneic cell product Amchepry.</li>
<li>FDA has cleared ABL Bio’s application for a Phase 1 clinical trial of ABL209. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals received FDA approval for generic Flovent with 180-day CGT exclusivity.</li>
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Sino Biopharmaceutical entered outlicensing agreement with Sanofi for rovadicitinib for upfront payment of $135M. Antengene entered outlicensing agreement with UCB for ATG-201 for upfront and near-term milestone payment of $80M.
FDA accepted Takeda’s NDA for polycythemia vera drug rusfertide and granted Priority Review.  Sumitomo Pharma received conditional and time‑limited approval in Japan for the allogeneic cell product Amchepry.
FDA has cleared ABL Bio’s application for a Phase 1 clinical trial of ABL209. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals received FDA approval for generic Flovent with 180-day CGT exclusivity.


APAC Healthcare Weekly (March 8) – Sino Bio, Antengene, Takeda, Sumitomo Pharma, ABL Bio, Glenmark

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<li>Jiangsu Hengrui received approval for its innovative drug Retlirafusp alfa Injection in China. Hansoh’s innovative drug Ameile got fifth indication expansion approval in China for NSCLC.</li>
<li>InSilico Medicine entered multi-year R&amp;D collaboration valued at $888M with Servier. Takeda Pharmaceutical filed NDA to the FDA seeking approval of rusfertide for the treatment of polycythemia vera.</li>
<li>Hanmi Pharmaceutical will distribute and sell Teva’s migraine preventive treatment Ajovy in Korea. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has launched Hevaxin vaccine for the prevention of Hepatitis E virus infection in India.</li>
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Jiangsu Hengrui received approval for its innovative drug Retlirafusp alfa Injection in China. Hansoh’s innovative drug Ameile got fifth indication expansion approval in China for NSCLC.
InSilico Medicine entered multi-year R&amp;D collaboration valued at $888M with Servier. Takeda Pharmaceutical filed NDA to the FDA seeking approval of rusfertide for the treatment of polycythemia vera.
Hanmi Pharmaceutical will distribute and sell Teva’s migraine preventive treatment Ajovy in Korea. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has launched Hevaxin vaccine for the prevention of Hepatitis E virus infection in India.


APAC Healthcare Weekly (January 11) – Hengrui, Hansoh, InSilico Medicine, Takeda, Hanmi Pharm

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Mirae Asset Securities

Mirae Asset Securities

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Mirae Asset Securities Co.,Ltd. provides comprehensive wealth management services. The Company offers fixed income securities brokerage, securities dealing, equity underwriting, and other services. Mirae Asset Securities also deals with mergers and acquisitions, foreign currency, and financial derivatives

<ul><li>In 1H25, US policy uncertainty—i.e., potential drug tariffs, the most-favored-nation (MFN) pricing proposal, and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) drug price negotiations—weighed on the global pharma/biotech sector.</li><li>In 2H25, however, major pharma companies reached agreements on tariffs and drug prices with the US administration, helping to ease uncertainties and lift sentiment.</li><li>Fed rate cut expectations and a pickup in M&amp;A/licensing deals ahead of drug price cuts and patent expirations have also supported a more favorable market environment. </li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p>

In 1H25, US policy uncertainty—i.e., potential drug tariffs, the most-favored-nation (MFN) pricing proposal, and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) drug price negotiations—weighed on the global pharma/biotech sector.In 2H25, however, major pharma companies reached agreements on tariffs and drug prices with the US administration, helping to ease uncertainties and lift sentiment.Fed rate cut expectations and a pickup in M&amp;A/licensing deals ahead of drug price cuts and patent expirations have also supported a more favorable market environment. 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.

[2026 Outlook] Pharma/BiotechIdentifying Leaders Within an Outperforming Sector

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

<ul>
<li>We had been near-term bullish on the S&amp;P 500 (SPX) since our 4/22/25 Compass, however, we are officially downgrading our near-term outlook to neutral</li>
<li>The SPX, Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), and Russell 2000 (IWM) are breaking below their 50-day MAs and are also violating their multi-month uptrends, signaling a consolidation period is here</li>
<li>Still, our intermediate-term outlook remains bullish (as of 5/14/25 report), and we'll maintain our bullish intermediate-term view as long as market dynamics remain constructive and the SPX is above 6200</li>
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We had been near-term bullish on the S&amp;P 500 (SPX) since our 4/22/25 Compass, however, we are officially downgrading our near-term outlook to neutral
The SPX, Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), and Russell 2000 (IWM) are breaking below their 50-day MAs and are also violating their multi-month uptrends, signaling a consolidation period is here
Still, our intermediate-term outlook remains bullish (as of 5/14/25 report), and we'll maintain our bullish intermediate-term view as long as market dynamics remain constructive and the SPX is above 6200


Coasting as We Stalk for Buying Opportunity; Downgrading Discretionary to Underweight

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Sanofi is a global pharmaceutical company that researches, develops and manufactures prescription pharmaceuticals and vaccines.  The Company develops cardiovascular, thrombosis, metabolic disorder, central nervous system, internal medicine and oncology drugs, and vaccines.

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

The two pre-IPO investors have launched a block to sell around US$591m worth of Mankind Pharma shares. Since the lockup on the shares expired not...

Sumeet Singh

APAC Healthcare Weekly (March 8) – Sino Bio, Antengene, Takeda, Sumitomo Pharma, ABL Bio, Glenmark

Sino Bio and Anetengene stuck outlicensing deals with Sanofi and UCB, respectively. FDA accepted Takeda’s NDA for rusfertide. Sumitomo Pharma got...

Tina Banerjee

APAC Healthcare Weekly (January 11) – Hengrui, Hansoh, InSilico Medicine, Takeda, Hanmi Pharm

Hegrui got nod for new drug and Hansoh’s Ameile secured additional indication in China. InSilico entered $888M R&D collaboration. Takeda filed for...

Tina Banerjee

[2026 Outlook] Pharma/BiotechIdentifying Leaders Within an Outperforming Sector

In 1H25, US policy uncertainty—i.e., potential drug tariffs, the most-favored-nation (MFN) pricing proposal, and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) drug...

Mirae Asset Securities

Coasting as We Stalk for Buying Opportunity; Downgrading Discretionary to Underweight

Coasting as We Stalk for Buying Opportunity; Downgrading Near-Term Outlook to Neutral, But Still Bullish Intermediate-Term $SPX $QQQ; Downgrading...

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