Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>We have screened for APAC (ex-China) healthcare companies using their respective Smart Score, a compound score for a company indicating its overall outlook based on key factors.</li>
<li>Smart Score screens the stock based on five major components including value, dividends, growth, resilience, and momentum. It also provides a cumulative score, which puts equal weightage on each parameter.  </li>
<li>Parameters used to screen the stocks: market cap≥ $800M and smart score≥ 3.5. We have seen stocks having high smart score has strong growth prospects and qualify for investment proposition.</li>
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We have screened for APAC (ex-China) healthcare companies using their respective Smart Score, a compound score for a company indicating its overall outlook based on key factors.
Smart Score screens the stock based on five major components including value, dividends, growth, resilience, and momentum. It also provides a cumulative score, which puts equal weightage on each parameter.  
Parameters used to screen the stocks: market cap≥ $800M and smart score≥ 3.5. We have seen stocks having high smart score has strong growth prospects and qualify for investment proposition.


Top APAC (Ex-China) Investment Worthy Healthcare Companies Using Smartkarma’s Smart Score Screener

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<li>Hengrui outlicenses once-weekly oral obesity drug candidate HRS-1596, to Novo for total deal value of $2.6B. EC revoked the EU marketing authorization for Hansoh’s lung cancer drug aumolertinib.</li>
<li>Roche halts development of obesity drug candidate emugrobart and returns all rights to Chugai. Daiichi Sankyo has withdrawn the BLA seeking accelerated approval in the U.S. for I-DXd for ES-SCLC.</li>
<li>Otsuka initiates NDA submission to the FDA for zipalertinib for the treatment of NSCLC. Sun Pharma inlicenses hypercholesterolaemia and dyslipidaemia drug lerodalcibep from LIB Therapeutics.</li>
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Hengrui outlicenses once-weekly oral obesity drug candidate HRS-1596, to Novo for total deal value of $2.6B. EC revoked the EU marketing authorization for Hansoh’s lung cancer drug aumolertinib.
Roche halts development of obesity drug candidate emugrobart and returns all rights to Chugai. Daiichi Sankyo has withdrawn the BLA seeking accelerated approval in the U.S. for I-DXd for ES-SCLC.
Otsuka initiates NDA submission to the FDA for zipalertinib for the treatment of NSCLC. Sun Pharma inlicenses hypercholesterolaemia and dyslipidaemia drug lerodalcibep from LIB Therapeutics.


APAC Healthcare Weekly (Oct 4) – Hengrui, Hansoh, Chugai Pharma, Daiichi Sankyo, Otsuka, Sun Pharma

Market & Forensics Analyst, Beat the Street

Nimish Maheshwari

Market & Forensics Analyst

Beat the Street

Beat The Street was founded by Nimish Maheshwari and Sudarshan Bhandari, both of whom are Chartered Accountants by Profession, known for their expert analysis in the fields of Business, Sectoral analysis, and Corporate governance.

With a strong social media presence of 45,000+ Subscribers across various platforms, they are considered trusted voices in the industry. Their insights and analysis have been featured in some of India’s most prominent publications, including the Economic Times, Dalal Street Investment Journal, The Morning Context, and The Ken.

Their analysis on Bankrupt & Insolvent companies has been instrumental in saving investors from significant losses. They have a keen eye for identifying red flags and has identified exclusive redflags earlier in Vedanta, Nykaa, Dhani Services, Adani and many more.

Read Business Not Stock Prices

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<li>On 20th March 2026, the critical patent for Semaglutide expires in India, decisively ending the innovator's legal monopoly and enabling highly affordable generic versions. </li>
<li>This triggers a massive 70% retail price drop in India, exponentially expanding affordable access to millions suffering from prevalent obesity and diabetes.</li>
<li>Vertically integrated formulators like Sun Pharma and specialized API manufacturers like Divis Laboratories capture maximum alpha through scaled volumes and zero customer acquisition costs.</li>
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On 20th March 2026, the critical patent for Semaglutide expires in India, decisively ending the innovator's legal monopoly and enabling highly affordable generic versions. 
This triggers a massive 70% retail price drop in India, exponentially expanding affordable access to millions suffering from prevalent obesity and diabetes.
Vertically integrated formulators like Sun Pharma and specialized API manufacturers like Divis Laboratories capture maximum alpha through scaled volumes and zero customer acquisition costs.


The GLP-1 Super-Cycle: Deconstructing India’s 2026 Patent Cliff and Alpha Generators

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<li>On January 27, 2026, India signed a landmark FTA with the EU to dismantle long-standing tariff walls and achieve structural parity with global competitors.</li>
<li>This "Mother of All Deals" triggers massive volume growth and margin expansion for Indian textiles, auto components, and specialty chemicals by eliminating existing duty disadvantages.</li>
<li>Indian exporters must navigate stringent non-tariff barriers and carbon taxes within the critical 12–24 month implementation window to ensure compliance with strict EU standards.</li>
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On January 27, 2026, India signed a landmark FTA with the EU to dismantle long-standing tariff walls and achieve structural parity with global competitors.
This "Mother of All Deals" triggers massive volume growth and margin expansion for Indian textiles, auto components, and specialty chemicals by eliminating existing duty disadvantages.
Indian exporters must navigate stringent non-tariff barriers and carbon taxes within the critical 12–24 month implementation window to ensure compliance with strict EU standards.


The "Mother of All Deals": India-EU FTA as a Structural Alpha Trigger

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC 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

Travel Food Services / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/travel-food-services-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44175:1" rel="noopener">Travel Food Services Ltd (1450229D IN)</a> is looking to raise about US$233m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>Travel Food Services Limited (TFS) operates a network of travel quick service restaurants (Travel QSRs) and private lounges in airports.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the RHP updates and IPO valuations.</li>
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Travel Food Services Ltd (1450229D IN) is looking to raise about US$233m in its India IPO.
Travel Food Services Limited (TFS) operates a network of travel quick service restaurants (Travel QSRs) and private lounges in airports.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the RHP updates and IPO valuations.


Travel Food Services IPO - RHP Updates & Thoughts on Valuation

India

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company that manufactures and sells pharmaceutical formulations and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). It offers a wide range of products across chronic and acute therapies, including generics, branded generics, and specialty products. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

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Top APAC (Ex-China) Investment Worthy Healthcare Companies Using Smartkarma’s Smart Score Screener

We have screened APAC (ex-China) healthcare companies with market cap≥$800M using Smartkarma’s Smart Score and picked up 2 investable ideas by...

Tina Banerjee

APAC Healthcare Weekly (Oct 4) – Hengrui, Hansoh, Chugai Pharma, Daiichi Sankyo, Otsuka, Sun Pharma

Hengrui stuck $2.6B outlicensing deal with Novo. EC revoked EU marketing authorization of Hansoh’s aumolertinib. Otsuka initiates NDA submission to...

Tina Banerjee

The GLP-1 Super-Cycle: Deconstructing India’s 2026 Patent Cliff and Alpha Generators

Semaglutide patent expiration in India leads to 70% price drop, increasing access to affordable generic versions for obesity and diabetes treatment.

Nimish Maheshwari

The "Mother of All Deals": India-EU FTA as a Structural Alpha Trigger

India signs game-changing FTA with EU, boosting key industries like textiles and auto components while facing challenges of non-tariff barriers...

Nimish Maheshwari

Travel Food Services IPO - RHP Updates & Thoughts on Valuation

Travel Food Services (TFS) is looking to raise about US$233m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the RHP updates and IPO valuations.

Akshat Shah

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Top APAC (Ex-China) Investment Worthy Healthcare Companies Using Smartkarma’s Smart Score Screener

We have screened APAC (ex-China) healthcare companies with market cap≥$800M using Smartkarma’s Smart Score and picked up 2 investable ideas by...

Tina Banerjee

APAC Healthcare Weekly (Oct 4) – Hengrui, Hansoh, Chugai Pharma, Daiichi Sankyo, Otsuka, Sun Pharma

Hengrui stuck $2.6B outlicensing deal with Novo. EC revoked EU marketing authorization of Hansoh’s aumolertinib. Otsuka initiates NDA submission to...

Tina Banerjee

The GLP-1 Super-Cycle: Deconstructing India’s 2026 Patent Cliff and Alpha Generators

​Semaglutide patent expiration in India leads to 70% price drop, increasing access to affordable generic versions for obesity and diabetes treatment.

Nimish Maheshwari

The "Mother of All Deals": India-EU FTA as a Structural Alpha Trigger

​India signs game-changing FTA with EU, boosting key industries like textiles and auto components while facing challenges of non-tariff barriers...

Nimish Maheshwari

Travel Food Services IPO - RHP Updates & Thoughts on Valuation

Travel Food Services (TFS) is looking to raise about US$233m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the RHP updates and IPO valuations.

Akshat Shah

Semaglutide patent expiration in India leads to 70% price drop, increasing access to affordable generic versions for obesity and diabetes treatment.

India signs game-changing FTA with EU, boosting key industries like textiles and auto components while facing challenges of non-tariff barriers...