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Daily Brief Thematic (Sector/Industry): APAC Healthcare Weekly (Feb 16)- Hansoh Pharma and more

In today’s briefing:

  • APAC Healthcare Weekly (Feb 16)- Hansoh Pharma, Astellas Pharma, CSL, Imugene, LigaChem Bio, Lupin
  • DeepSeek Reveals AI’s Trillion Dollar Folly: Winners and Losers


APAC Healthcare Weekly (Feb 16)- Hansoh Pharma, Astellas Pharma, CSL, Imugene, LigaChem Bio, Lupin

By Tina Banerjee

  • Hansoh Pharmaceutical announced that a new indication of Xinyue has been included in the Priority Review. Astellas Pharma announced positive update from the Phase 3 EV-302 clinical trial.
  • CSL has received EU approval for HAE drug, Andemry. Imugene announce more positive results from its Phase 1b trial of azer-cel, an allogenic therapy in relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
  • LigaChem Bio signed technology transfer agreement for a new anticancer target antibody for the development of ADC candidates with Daan Biotherapeutics. Lupin received FDA approval for generic Atrovent Nasal Spray.

DeepSeek Reveals AI’s Trillion Dollar Folly: Winners and Losers

By David Mudd

  • DeepSeek has permanently changed the future of AI.  With its R1 model the company democratized AI much the same as Google did for search more than 20 years ago.
  • China’s platform companies like Alibaba Group Holding (9988 HK) , Tencent (700 HK) , Baidu (9888 HK) , and Kuaishou Technology (1024 HK) have released their own AI models.
  • As China’s AI industry is benefiting from DeepSeek’s cost-effective innovations, the US hyperscalers are being questioned on their ability to justify their enormous AI investments, historical and projected investments.

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