Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>China's CXO sector is growing rapidly, with China's dominant companies providing critical services to global pharmaceutical companies.  New modalities, particularly GLP-1/TIDES, ADCs, and bispecific antibodies, are structural demand drivers.</li>
<li>The biggest overhang for the sector, the US BioSecure Act, is overblown due to the US pharma industry's substantial structural dependency on China's CXO sector.</li>
<li>Pharmaron's investment case rests on three interlocking pillars: an irreplaceable integrated platform, a landmark commercial anchor in the GLP-1 supercycle, and the structural impossibility of a rapid US-China CXO decoupling.</li>
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China's CXO sector is growing rapidly, with China's dominant companies providing critical services to global pharmaceutical companies.  New modalities, particularly GLP-1/TIDES, ADCs, and bispecific antibodies, are structural demand drivers.
The biggest overhang for the sector, the US BioSecure Act, is overblown due to the US pharma industry's substantial structural dependency on China's CXO sector.
Pharmaron's investment case rests on three interlocking pillars: an irreplaceable integrated platform, a landmark commercial anchor in the GLP-1 supercycle, and the structural impossibility of a rapid US-China CXO decoupling.


CHINA BIOTECH SECTOR: Pharmaron's One Stop Shop!

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on Aug 7th based on HKEx daily reports.</li>
<li>In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Xiaomi (1810 HK), Link Reit (823 HK), Want Want China (151 HK).</li>
<li>In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Xiaomi (1810 HK), Tencent (700 HK), Link Reit (823 HK).</li>
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We analyze statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on Aug 7th based on HKEx daily reports.
In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Xiaomi (1810 HK), Link Reit (823 HK), Want Want China (151 HK).
In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Xiaomi (1810 HK), Tencent (700 HK), Link Reit (823 HK).


Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Aug 7th): Xiaomi, Link Reit, Want Want China, Dynam Japan

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Centralized procurement of interprovincial dental implants would open the bid on Jan.11. Korean brands and European brands are all included. There is “no safe haven” for products with consumption attributes.</li>
<li>In 2023, we are optimistic that China healthcare would gain more household expenditure in the “Long COVID” effect, thus generating excess returns under the logic of expanding domestic demand.</li>
<li>2023 should be better than 2022. There’re strong expectations but weak realities in 2023Q1-Q2, during which more trading opportunities occur. However, in Q3-Q4, investors may need to be careful.</li>
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Centralized procurement of interprovincial dental implants would open the bid on Jan.11. Korean brands and European brands are all included. There is “no safe haven” for products with consumption attributes.
In 2023, we are optimistic that China healthcare would gain more household expenditure in the “Long COVID” effect, thus generating excess returns under the logic of expanding domestic demand.
2023 should be better than 2022. There’re strong expectations but weak realities in 2023Q1-Q2, during which more trading opportunities occur. However, in Q3-Q4, investors may need to be careful.


China Healthcare Weekly (Jan.6) - Dental Implant VBP, “Long COVID” Effect, 2023 Is Better than 2022

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wuxi-apptec-co-ltd-class-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27795:1" rel="noopener">WuXi AppTec (2359 HK)</a> announced 1H26 result, with revenue increasing 39% to RMB29B and net profit climbing 83% to RMB12B. 2Q26 revenue growth accelerated to 48% from 29% in 1Q26.</li>
<li>Driven by continued focus on core CRDMO strategy, backlog for continuing operations reached RMB63B as of June 30,2026, up 25% YoY, further enhancing business visibility.</li>
<li>The company is targeting 2026 total revenue of RMB58.5B– 60.5B (up from RMB51.3B–53.0B), with continuing operations revenue growing 35%–39% YoY (up from 18%–22%).</li>
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WuXi AppTec (2359 HK) announced 1H26 result, with revenue increasing 39% to RMB29B and net profit climbing 83% to RMB12B. 2Q26 revenue growth accelerated to 48% from 29% in 1Q26.
Driven by continued focus on core CRDMO strategy, backlog for continuing operations reached RMB63B as of June 30,2026, up 25% YoY, further enhancing business visibility.
The company is targeting 2026 total revenue of RMB58.5B– 60.5B (up from RMB51.3B–53.0B), with continuing operations revenue growing 35%–39% YoY (up from 18%–22%).


WuXi AppTec (2359 HK): Delivers Stellar 1H Result Amid US Crackdown; FY Guidance Raise

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

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<ul><li>In our last report dated 17 October, we highlighted a list of 21 long ideas.</li><li>The basket (equal weighted) of these 21 stocks underperformed MSCI China index by 5.4ppt, delivering 0.2% return (vs MSCI China 5.6%).</li><li>China Meidong Auto and Innovent Biologics delivered over 20% of return, and 4 of our 21 long ideas outperformed the benchmark.</li></ul>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.

In our last report dated 17 October, we highlighted a list of 21 long ideas.The basket (equal weighted) of these 21 stocks underperformed MSCI China index by 5.4ppt, delivering 0.2% return (vs MSCI China 5.6%).China Meidong Auto and Innovent Biologics delivered over 20% of return, and 4 of our 21 long ideas outperformed the benchmark.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.

CMBI Research Focus List (November Edition) – Our best high conviction stock ideas

China

Wuxi Biologics is a global Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO) offering end-to-end solutions for biologics discovery, development, and manufacturing, including complex modalities like monoclonal antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates. The company provides comprehensive services from concept to commercialization, including vaccine CRDMO services. It was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Wuxi, China.

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CHINA BIOTECH SECTOR: Pharmaron's One Stop Shop!

A US judge blocked the Defense Department from enforcing its designation of WuXi AppTec Co. as a Chinese military company, and granted...

David Mudd

Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Aug 7th): Xiaomi, Link Reit, Want Want China, Dynam Japan

We analyzed the Hong Kong buyback data in the past week and highlight the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares were Xiaomi (1810 HK),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

China Healthcare Weekly (Jan.6) - Dental Implant VBP, “Long COVID” Effect, 2023 Is Better than 2022

Dental implant VBP would open the bid on Jan.11. Korean/European brands are included. China healthcare would gain more household expenditure due to...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

WuXi AppTec (2359 HK): Delivers Stellar 1H Result Amid US Crackdown; FY Guidance Raise

WuXi AppTec reports strong 1H26 results with revenue up 39% and net profit up 83%. Backlog surges 25%. The company raised 2026 continuing...

Tina Banerjee

CMBI Research Focus List (November Edition) – Our best high conviction stock ideas

In our last report dated 17 October, we highlighted a list of 21 long ideas.The basket (equal weighted) of these 21 stocks underperformed MSCI...

CMB International

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CHINA BIOTECH SECTOR: Pharmaron's One Stop Shop!

A US judge blocked the Defense Department from enforcing its designation of WuXi AppTec Co. as a Chinese military company, and granted...

David Mudd

Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Aug 7th): Xiaomi, Link Reit, Want Want China, Dynam Japan

We analyzed the Hong Kong buyback data in the past week and highlight the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares were Xiaomi (1810 HK),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

China Healthcare Weekly (Jan.6) - Dental Implant VBP, “Long COVID” Effect, 2023 Is Better than 2022

Dental implant VBP would open the bid on Jan.11. Korean/European brands are included. China healthcare would gain more household expenditure due to...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

WuXi AppTec (2359 HK): Delivers Stellar 1H Result Amid US Crackdown; FY Guidance Raise

​WuXi AppTec reports strong 1H26 results with revenue up 39% and net profit up 83%. Backlog surges 25%. The company raised 2026 continuing...

Tina Banerjee

CMBI Research Focus List (November Edition) – Our best high conviction stock ideas

In our last report dated 17 October, we highlighted a list of 21 long ideas.The basket (equal weighted) of these 21 stocks underperformed MSCI...

CMB International

WuXi AppTec reports strong 1H26 results with revenue up 39% and net profit up 83%. Backlog surges 25%. The company raised 2026 continuing...