Frost & Sullivan: New Approaches for Chinese Biotechs to Go Global from the Perspective of Hengrui Medicine

Frost & Sullivan: New Approaches for Chinese Biotechs to Go Global from the Perspective of Hengrui Medicine

2025/06/17

Insights from Frost & Sullivan

Starting from the fourth quarter of 2024, a large number of A-share listed companies have sought listing on both A and H markets, and this trend is intensifying. In April 2025 alone, the number of companies disclosing their Hong Kong listing plans and the total market value exceeded that of the first quarter of 2025. Judging from the market performance of Hengrui Medicine's successful listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, reaching the upper limit of the issuance range, and a significant increase on the first day, does this reflect the current capital market's confidence in the internationalization of Chinese innovative pharmaceutical companies? Can Hengrui's listing open the way for more local pharmaceutical companies to seek financing in Hong Kong or overseas?

 

Zhang Chenyang, consulting director of Frost & Sullivan's Life Sciences Business Unit in Greater China, introduced an interview with the Daily Economic News to discuss the impact of Hengrui's listing on the internationalization of innovative drugs.

Daily Economic News

*Click at the end of the articleRead the original articlefor a complete report

 

 

Q:From the market performance of Hengrui Medicine's successful listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, reaching the upper limit of the issuance range, and a significant increase on the first day, do you think this reflects the current capital market's confidence in the internationalization of Chinese innovative pharmaceutical companies? Can Hengrui's listing open the way for more local pharmaceutical companies to seek financing in Hong Kong or overseas?

Zhang Chenyang

Consulting director of Frost & Sullivan's Life Sciences Business Unit in Greater China

 

As a representative of large Chinese pharmaceutical companies, Hengrui Medicine's successful issuance of H shares this time fully demonstrates the global capital market's recognition of the innovative R&D capabilities of Chinese pharmaceutical companies. What Chinese pharmaceutical companies can solve is not only domestic unmet clinical needs; we also hope that products with high clinical benefits can benefit patients worldwide. Hengrui's appearance on the international stage will also fully boost the confidence of Chinese innovative pharmaceutical companies in listing in Hong Kong, and we believe that more Chinese innovative pharmaceutical companies will tell their own investment stories based on disruptive clinical data and pipelines with high revenue potential.

 

Q:Hengrui Medicine has raised HK$100 billion through this Hong Kong stock offering, intending to invest in R&D and internationalization. In your opinion, how will this promote Chinese pharmaceutical companies to occupy a higher position in the global innovation drug competition? What positive impacts may it bring to upstream and downstream enterprises in the domestic innovation drug industry chain?

Zhang Chenyang

Consulting director of Frost & Sullivan's Life Sciences Business Unit in Greater China

 

As of now, Hengrui Medicine already has more than 90 new molecular entities and has also created myths in terms of quantity and amount in overseas BD transactions. The funds raised through this Hong Kong stock offering will be applied to the advancement of clinical R&D and the construction of an innovation platform, providing financial support for creating more first-in-class and best-in-class products, and enabling Chinese innovative drugs to truly go global and benefit patients worldwide. The R&D of innovative drugs cannot be separated from the support of all links in the industry chain. For upstream and downstream enterprises, the internationalization of innovative drugs also means that raw materials, equipment instruments, and service providers related to new drug R&D will gradually align with international standards, creating opportunities for gaining recognition from pharmaceutical companies worldwide.

*This interview has been published in the Daily Economic News, with reporters Xu Libo and Zhen Sujing. The original title was: From Lianyungang to Hong Kong, Hengrui Medicine Sets a Record for the Largest IPO of Hong Kong-listed Pharmaceuticals in Nearly Five Years, Raising a Total of HK$10 Billion


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