Daily Brief Health Care: Cipla Ltd, Bavarian Nordic A/S, Johnson & Johnson, Avacta, Align Technology, West Pharmaceutical Services Inc, Hangzhou Diagens Biotechnology, Intellia Therapeutics , Samsung Biologics and more

• Cipla Ltd (CIPLA IN) signed an exclusive distribution and promotion agreement with Eli Lilly on 23 October 2025 to market tirzepatide under the brand name Yurpeak in India.
• The deal positions Cipla as a first mover in India’s nascent GLP-1 obesity care segment, projected to grow 40x by 2030.
• Financially modest but strategically transformative, the deal anchors Cipla’s entry into obesity therapeutics and sets the stage for a broader GLP-1 platform spanning branded and generic drugs.

• Bidders Nordic Capital and Permira raised their offer to DKK 250/share (from DKK 233), but ATP’s 10% block and limited irrevocables complicate closing.
• Gross spread has widened to 5.71% (DKK 236.5 close on 28 Oct), reflecting rising uncertainty. Implied success probability is now ~76.5%.
• High upside if completed, but downside risk remains to pre-deal levels (DKK 192.5). Time to settlement is short, pushing annualized return to ~151%.

• Separation should unlock value by allowing J&J to double-down on high-growth, higher-margin MedTech and pharma businesses.
• SpinCo will emerge as one of the world’s largest pure-play orthopaedics firm with ~$9B revenue and global leadership across hips, knees, and trauma.
• We see valuation upside. Transaction is likely to enhance JNJ’s sum-of-the-parts value.

• Avacta is transitioning into a pure-play oncology biotechnology company, centered on its proprietary pre|CISION™ and Affimer® platforms, designed to improve the safety and efficacy of cancer therapies.
• The lead asset, AVA6000, a tumor-activated doxorubicin, has demonstrated a favorable safety profile and promising anti-tumor activity in its Phase 1 clinical trials, particularly in salivary gland cancer, providing clinical proof-of-concept for the pre|CISION™ platform.
• The company is strategically divesting its diagnostics division to extend its cash runway and focus resources on advancing its oncology pipeline, which includes next-generation peptide drug conjugates (PDCs) and Affimer® drug conjugates (AffDCs).

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• Align Technology Inc. (ALGN) is poised for a resurgence with a favorable reward/risk ratio post-Covid.
• The company primarily operates through its Clear Aligner segment, with Invisalign accounting for 81% of operating profit.
• Invisalign’s competitive edge includes efficiency, superior technology, and a strong market presence, particularly in the Americas.

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• West Pharmaceutical Services delivered solid third-quarter results for 2025, showing noteworthy improvements across key metrics.
• The company reported revenues of $805 million, marking a 5% organic increase, which exceeded their internal expectations.
• The adjusted operating margin was 21.1%, while the adjusted EPS increased by 6% to $1.96 compared to the previous year.

• The willingness of hospitals/patients to purchase medical AI products/services is still not strong enough. The real turning point for the commercialization of medical AI hasn’t arrived yet.
• The small revenue scale reflects that Diagens’ products have not received widespread recognition from the medical system. Market education cost would be high, leading to increasing selling and distribution expenses
• Valuation should be higher than Basecare (2170 HK) who just focuses on testing kits in assisted reproduction, but should be lower than Xunfei Healthcare, who has better commercialization performance/channels advantage.

• Intellia Therapeutics shares nosedived by 40% on October 27, 2025, after the company abruptly paused two critical Phase 3 clinical trials for its lead gene-editing candidate, nex-z.
• The suspension follows the hospitalization of an elderly patient treated with nex-z who experienced elevated liver enzymes and bilirubin levels—early markers of liver injury.
• This development casts a dark cloud over nex-z, a therapy that had been projected to drive 62% of Intellia’s estimated 2030 revenues and was central to the company’s valuation narrative.

• Samsung Biologics (207940 KS) reported revenue of KRW1,660B (up 40% YoY and 29% QoQ) and operating profit of KRW729B (up 115% YoY and 53% QoQ) in 3Q25.
• In 3Q25, the company continued to secure new manufacturing and development contracts with global pharmaceutical partners, bringing its cumulative contract volume to over $20B since its founding. 
• Amid steady client demand and efficient capacity utilization, Samsung Biologics is confident on achieving full-year revenue growth guidance of 25–30% YoY, as revised upward in last quarter.