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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Shanghai Junshi Biosciences  / Equity Capital Markets

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-junshi-bioscience-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27760:1" rel="noopener">Shanghai Junshi Bioscience Co. Ltd. (1877 HK)</a> is looking to raise about US$280m in its primary placement. Proceeds raised will be used for R&amp;D, expansion of sales team, domestic and overseas investment, mergers and acquisitions, and business development.We have previously covered the IPO and lock-up expiry event in:<ul style="list-style-type: disc;">
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/junshi-bioscience-ipo-early-in-application-but-behind-in-key-indications-part-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Junshi Bioscience (君实医药) IPO: Early in Application but Behind in Key Indications (Part 1)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/junshi-bioscience-ipo-thoughts-on-valuation-part-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Junshi Bioscience (君实医药) IPO: Thoughts on Valuation (Part 2)</a></li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/junshi-bioscience-lock-up-expiry-valuation-still-rich-with-few-r-d-updates" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:30630" rel="noopener">Junshi Bioscience Lock-Up Expiry: Valuation Still Rich with Few R&amp;D Updates</a> </li>
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Shanghai Junshi Bioscience Co. Ltd. (1877 HK) is looking to raise about US$280m in its primary placement. Proceeds raised will be used for R&amp;D, expansion of sales team, domestic and overseas investment, mergers and acquisitions, and business development.We have previously covered the IPO and lock-up expiry event in:
Junshi Bioscience (君实医药) IPO: Early in Application but Behind in Key Indications (Part 1)
Junshi Bioscience (君实医药) IPO: Thoughts on Valuation (Part 2)

Junshi Bioscience Lock-Up Expiry: Valuation Still Rich with Few R&amp;D Updates 


Junshi Bio (君实医药) Placement - Expected Deal but Large Deal Size

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Bottom-Up

At present, although the competition of PD-1/PD-L1 is becoming more and more fierce in China, it has to be admitted that, compared with the global market share of about 55%, domestic monoclonal antibodies only occupy 6% of the biopharmaceutical market share, so there is still a broad space and growth potential. Meanwhile, with PD-1/PD-L1 products of the domestic top four companies (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jiangsu-hengrui-medicine-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14128:1" rel="noopener">Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine (600276 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/beigene-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27352:1" rel="noopener">BeiGene Ltd (6160 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/innovent-biologics-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27452:1" rel="noopener">Innovent Biologics Inc (1801 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-junshi-bioscience-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27760:1" rel="noopener">Shanghai Junshi Bioscience Co. Ltd. (1877 HK)</a>) being included in medical insurance catalogue, the pricing of PD-1/PD-L1 products of these four companies would be the ceiling for all subsequent homogeneous enterprises. The only companies that are capable of joining the competition are those with the best products and strong commercialization capability. Actually, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/akeso-biopharma-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28830:1" rel="noopener">Akeso Biopharma Inc (9926 HK)</a> could be the very one to challenge the top four. Besides, as a competitive and strong biotech company, Akeso is also moving in the direction of a Big Pharma.

At present, although the competition of PD-1/PD-L1 is becoming more and more fierce in China, it has to be admitted that, compared with the global market share of about 55%, domestic monoclonal antibodies only occupy 6% of the biopharmaceutical market share, so there is still a broad space and growth potential. Meanwhile, with PD-1/PD-L1 products of the domestic top four companies (Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine (600276 CH), BeiGene Ltd (6160 HK), Innovent Biologics Inc (1801 HK) and Shanghai Junshi Bioscience Co. Ltd. (1877 HK)) being included in medical insurance catalogue, the pricing of PD-1/PD-L1 products of these four companies would be the ceiling for all subsequent homogeneous enterprises. The only companies that are capable of joining the competition are those with the best products and strong commercialization capability. Actually, Akeso Biopharma Inc (9926 HK) could be the very one to challenge the top four. Besides, as a competitive and strong biotech company, Akeso is also moving in the direction of a Big Pharma.

Akeso Biopharma Inc (9926.HK) - Could Be the Very One to Challenge the “Top Four”

Recently, according to the official website, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/everest-medicines-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29224:1" rel="noopener">Everest Medicines (1952 HK)</a> announced that its sacituzumab govitecan-hziy (SG, Trodelvy) was granted Priority Review by the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). This marks another progress following the Company's announcement that the NMPA accepted its Biologics License Application (BLA) for SG for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) who have received two or more prior systemic therapies, at least one of them for metastatic disease. The BLA submission of Trodelvy, the core product candidate of Everest Medicines, was substantially earlier than the Company's previous guidance and our expectations, so it is expected that Trodelvy would contribute sales revenue much earlier, and the Company’s commercialization prospect has reshaped.

Recently, according to the official website, Everest Medicines (1952 HK) announced that its sacituzumab govitecan-hziy (SG, Trodelvy) was granted Priority Review by the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). This marks another progress following the Company's announcement that the NMPA accepted its Biologics License Application (BLA) for SG for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) who have received two or more prior systemic therapies, at least one of them for metastatic disease. The BLA submission of Trodelvy, the core product candidate of Everest Medicines, was substantially earlier than the Company's previous guidance and our expectations, so it is expected that Trodelvy would contribute sales revenue much earlier, and the Company’s commercialization prospect has reshaped.

Everest Medicines (1952.HK) - The Commercialization Prospect Has Reshaped

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Industry viewpoints:<ul>
<li>The National Health Care Security Administration issued relevant guidance to include designated retail pharmacies in the medical insurance drug supply guarantee scope at the national level. </li>
<li>Last week, news released that the information collection of the 5th national volume-based purchase (VBP) is about to start.</li>
<li>To get a good night's sleep, young people in China are happy to spend money on related products and services.</li>
</ul> Company news:News about the updated progress on drugs of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/antengene-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29705:1" rel="noopener">Antengene (6996 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/harbour-biomed-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29717:1" rel="noopener">Harbour Biomed Holdings Limited (2142 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/everest-medicines-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29224:1" rel="noopener">Everest Medicines (1952 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-junshi-bioscience-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27760:1" rel="noopener">Shanghai Junshi Bioscience Co. Ltd. (1877 HK)</a>.Market review:Last week, stock price for healthcare sector in A share increased 7.58%, while CSI 300 increased 2.29% over the same period of time. Risk disclosure:Policy risk, R&amp;D risk, Company risk and COVID-19 risk.

Industry viewpoints:
The National Health Care Security Administration issued relevant guidance to include designated retail pharmacies in the medical insurance drug supply guarantee scope at the national level. 
Last week, news released that the information collection of the 5th national volume-based purchase (VBP) is about to start.
To get a good night's sleep, young people in China are happy to spend money on related products and services.
 Company news:News about the updated progress on drugs of Antengene (6996 HK), Harbour Biomed Holdings Limited (2142 HK), Everest Medicines (1952 HK) and Shanghai Junshi Bioscience Co. Ltd. (1877 HK).Market review:Last week, stock price for healthcare sector in A share increased 7.58%, while CSI 300 increased 2.29% over the same period of time. Risk disclosure:Policy risk, R&amp;D risk, Company risk and COVID-19 risk.

On April 28, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lepu-biopharma-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33231:1" rel="noopener">Lepu Biopharma (LBP HK)</a>, a subsidiary of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lepu-medical-technology-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16654:1" rel="noopener">Lepu Medical Technology A (300003 CH)</a>, submitted its application to the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for listing. Actually, many companies in the medical device industry are good at capital operation, such as M&amp;A or spin-off and listing, which has been reflected in the leading medical device companies such as <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shenzhen-mindray-bio-medic-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28017:1" rel="noopener">Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics (300760 CH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/microport-scientific-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4487:1" rel="noopener">Microport Scientific (853 HK)</a>. However, Lepu Medical is the only one that enters the fields of both drugs and preparations, and according to the pipeline, the focus is not only on generic drugs, but also on biological drugs of higher competitive dimension (e.g. Lepu Biopharma is in this field.). It is also worth mentioning that this is the second company of Lepu factions to be listed in Hong Kong. The first one was <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pw-medtech-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9891:1" rel="noopener">Pw Medtech (1358 HK)</a> (Zhang yue’e is Pu Zhongjie’s wife) and the share price has been very weak since its listing. So can Lepu Biopharma have a better performance?

On April 28, Lepu Biopharma (LBP HK), a subsidiary of Lepu Medical Technology A (300003 CH), submitted its application to the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for listing. Actually, many companies in the medical device industry are good at capital operation, such as M&amp;A or spin-off and listing, which has been reflected in the leading medical device companies such as Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics (300760 CH) and Microport Scientific (853 HK). However, Lepu Medical is the only one that enters the fields of both drugs and preparations, and according to the pipeline, the focus is not only on generic drugs, but also on biological drugs of higher competitive dimension (e.g. Lepu Biopharma is in this field.). It is also worth mentioning that this is the second company of Lepu factions to be listed in Hong Kong. The first one was Pw Medtech (1358 HK) (Zhang yue’e is Pu Zhongjie’s wife) and the share price has been very weak since its listing. So can Lepu Biopharma have a better performance?

Pre-IPO Lepu Biopharma - There Are Still Many Uncertainties

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)

Junshi Bio (君实医药) Placement - Expected Deal but Large Deal Size

Shanghai Junshi Bioscience Co. Ltd. (1877 HK) is looking to raise about US$280m in its primary placement. Proceeds raised will be mainly used for R&D.

Zhen Zhou, Toh

Akeso Biopharma Inc (9926.HK) - Could Be the Very One to Challenge the “Top Four”

This article mainly analyzed Akeso in terms of its core product candidates AK-105, AK-104, AK-112, AK-101, the potential, the business outlook, and...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Everest Medicines (1952.HK) - The Commercialization Prospect Has Reshaped

After the BLA submission of Trodelvy, the commercialization prospect of Everest Medicines has reshaped. This article mainly analyzed the business...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

China Healthcare Weekly (May.14)

This article analyzed new guidance on retail pharmacies in the medical insurance, information collection of the 5th national VBP, China's sleep...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Pre-IPO Lepu Biopharma - There Are Still Many Uncertainties

This article analyzed Lepu Biopharma in terms of its core product candidates in the pipeline, the challenges, concerns and future outlook for this...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

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