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.

Equity Capital Markets

Legend Biotech Corp / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/legend-biotech-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28963:1" rel="noopener">Legend Biotech Corp (LEGN US)</a>, a non-wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/genscript-biotech-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21041:1" rel="noopener">Genscript Biotech (1548 HK)</a>, is planning to raise up to US$250m in its follow-on offering.</li>
<li>The company last raised cash in Dec 2021 in a similar sized deal, which ended up doing very well after a sharp share price correction.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and  run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Legend Biotech Corp (LEGN US), a non-wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed Genscript Biotech (1548 HK), is planning to raise up to US$250m in its follow-on offering.
The company last raised cash in Dec 2021 in a similar sized deal, which ended up doing very well after a sharp share price correction.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and  run the deal through our ECM framework.


Legend Biotech Follow-On - A Little Opportunistic. Last Deal Did Well, After a Large Correction

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pharmaron-beijing-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28428:1" rel="noopener"></a>Pharmaron’s share price plunged after the release of the estimate for 2022 interim results, even dragging down the entire CXO sector, which reflected the attitude of Mr Market.</li>
<li>One important reason for low net profit growth is related to the development strategy - Even if Pharmaron achieves  “integration”, its advantage/profit margin could largely shrink due to overcapacity/fierce competition.  </li>
<li>Pharmaron can only achieve V-shaped rebound by making breakthroughs in CGT CXO to boost valuations and expectations on outlook rather than pursue the strategy of “integration” as in the past.</li>
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Pharmaron’s share price plunged after the release of the estimate for 2022 interim results, even dragging down the entire CXO sector, which reflected the attitude of Mr Market.
One important reason for low net profit growth is related to the development strategy - Even if Pharmaron achieves  “integration”, its advantage/profit margin could largely shrink due to overcapacity/fierce competition.  
Pharmaron can only achieve V-shaped rebound by making breakthroughs in CGT CXO to boost valuations and expectations on outlook rather than pursue the strategy of “integration” as in the past.


Pharmaron Beijing Co Ltd (3759.HK/300759.CH) - The Story May Have Changed

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Jiangsu Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau organized the 7th round of centralized procurement of medical consumables, mainly including spring coil, endoscopic stapler, ultrasound knife and vacuum blood collection tube.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cstone-pharmaceuticals" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27882:1" rel="noopener">CStone Pharmaceuticals (2616 HK)</a> is considering a potential sale of the business. We analyzed the logic behind this deal.</li>
<li>For biotech, Mr Market can never be rational enough to see the big picture. Maybe we should be "dumb". Buy low and sell high works for all investors.</li>
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Jiangsu Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau organized the 7th round of centralized procurement of medical consumables, mainly including spring coil, endoscopic stapler, ultrasound knife and vacuum blood collection tube.

CStone Pharmaceuticals (2616 HK) is considering a potential sale of the business. We analyzed the logic behind this deal.
For biotech, Mr Market can never be rational enough to see the big picture. Maybe we should be "dumb". Buy low and sell high works for all investors.


China Healthcare Weekly (July22)-Jiangsu Province VBP, CStone's Potential Sale, Irrational Mr Market

Innovent Biologics Inc / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Innovent is expected to transform from a biotech to a biopharma. From the present point of view, the Company is a better comprehensive choice of certainty, elasticity and safety.  </li>
<li>With high R&amp;D efficiency, strong sales capability, top talent teams, and mindset keeping pace with the times, investors could consider to replace Hengrui with Innovent in the portfolio.  </li>
<li>Innovent’s valuation anchor is HK$40 billion, below which it's undervalued. Its market value could reach about RMB80 billion to RMB120 billion, based on sales of RMB10 billion to RMB15 billion. </li>
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Innovent is expected to transform from a biotech to a biopharma. From the present point of view, the Company is a better comprehensive choice of certainty, elasticity and safety.  
With high R&amp;D efficiency, strong sales capability, top talent teams, and mindset keeping pace with the times, investors could consider to replace Hengrui with Innovent in the portfolio.  
Innovent’s valuation anchor is HK$40 billion, below which it's undervalued. Its market value could reach about RMB80 billion to RMB120 billion, based on sales of RMB10 billion to RMB15 billion. 


Innovent Biologics Inc (1801.HK) - Innovent Is Not Optional but Necessary in Portfolio

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<li>The increasing expenditure for pandemic prevention and quarantine adds further pressure on the medical insurance fund. So, the NHSA will have more incentive to reduce payment standard.</li>
<li>We analyzed our interpretation on the new policies/bidding rules/impact on companies of 2022 NRDL adjustment, which would be very intense as more high-priced drugs voluntarily reduce prices to enter NRDL.</li>
<li>This year's NRDL negotiations will take place between September and October. The results will be announced in November.Investors can pay attention to relevant time nodes and get prepared in advance.</li>
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The increasing expenditure for pandemic prevention and quarantine adds further pressure on the medical insurance fund. So, the NHSA will have more incentive to reduce payment standard.
We analyzed our interpretation on the new policies/bidding rules/impact on companies of 2022 NRDL adjustment, which would be very intense as more high-priced drugs voluntarily reduce prices to enter NRDL.
This year's NRDL negotiations will take place between September and October. The results will be announced in November.Investors can pay attention to relevant time nodes and get prepared in advance.


Policy Interpretation of 2022 National Medical Insurance (NRDL) Negotiation

China

Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The Company develops and sells small molecule drugs, antibody drug conjugates, and other products. Shanghai Junshi Biosciences markets its products worldwide.

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Shanghai Junshi Biosciences (1877 HK)

Legend Biotech Follow-On - A Little Opportunistic. Last Deal Did Well, After a Large Correction

Legend Biotech Corp (LEGN US), a non-wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed Genscript Biotech (1548 HK), is planning to raise up to US$250m in...

Sumeet Singh

Pharmaron Beijing Co Ltd (3759.HK/300759.CH) - The Story May Have Changed

Due to overcapacity/fierce competition,Pharmaron is hard to achieve V-shaped rebound by the strategy of "integration".We are conservative about its...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

China Healthcare Weekly (July22)-Jiangsu Province VBP, CStone's Potential Sale, Irrational Mr Market

Jiangsu Province released VBP results on medical consumables. CStone proposed a potential sale of the business.We analyzed the logic behind. Maybe...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Innovent Biologics Inc (1801.HK) - Innovent Is Not Optional but Necessary in Portfolio

Innovent would transform from a biotech to biopharma. It is a better comprehensive choice of certainty, elasticity and safety than Hengrui. Its...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Policy Interpretation of 2022 National Medical Insurance (NRDL) Negotiation

We analyzed the new policies, bidding rules, logic and impact on companies of 2022 NRDL adjustment,which will be very intense.The results will be...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

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