Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

An inquisitive investment analyst with background in both finance and computing. Covering ECM research, biotech, market data analytics.

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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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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HBM Holdings Limited / Equity Capital Markets

HBM is a China-based biopharmaceutical company. The company plans to raise at least USD 500m to list in Hong Kong.The company has an interesting heavy chain antibody platform but only one clinical-stage product from the platform, HBM4003, is still in the early stage of development and the readings from clinical trials are not yet available to make discussion of the efficacy and safety. Two of the company's late-stage products are in-licensed from South Korea-based HanAll Pharmaceuticals. For batoclimab/HBM9161, we are of the view that the indication is small though it is an innovative product for unmet demand. For tanfanercept/HBM9036, we are of the view that it has a good clinical benefit over existing therapies for dry eye disease and the indication has a big population but the ramp-up of sales will be slow if it is not priced competitive enough.In terms of founder profile, we are not impressed though it is backed by reputable investors in the pre-IPO rounds.

HBM is a China-based biopharmaceutical company. The company plans to raise at least USD 500m to list in Hong Kong.The company has an interesting heavy chain antibody platform but only one clinical-stage product from the platform, HBM4003, is still in the early stage of development and the readings from clinical trials are not yet available to make discussion of the efficacy and safety. Two of the company's late-stage products are in-licensed from South Korea-based HanAll Pharmaceuticals. For batoclimab/HBM9161, we are of the view that the indication is small though it is an innovative product for unmet demand. For tanfanercept/HBM9036, we are of the view that it has a good clinical benefit over existing therapies for dry eye disease and the indication has a big population but the ramp-up of sales will be slow if it is not priced competitive enough.In terms of founder profile, we are not impressed though it is backed by reputable investors in the pre-IPO rounds.

HBM (和珀医药) Pre-IPO: Innovative Heavy Chain Platform to Be Tested