Hot Investor Mandate: Global Pharma With Investment Subsidiary Seeks Companies Developing Novel Drugs, Open to Various Modalities

16 Dec

The firm is a publicly listed pharmaceutical company with a global workforce and an international footprint that includes over 40 branches and subsidiaries worldwide. The firm’s core businesses are active pharmaceutical ingredients and generic drugs, while the firm is rapidly expanding into innovative drug development, including small molecules, biologics, and cell and gene therapies. A U.S.-based subsidiary operates as an integrated platform with research and development, manufacturing, and commercial capabilities, supplying generic drugs to major pharmacy chains, mass retailers, and grocery channels. 

Another subsidiary of the firm is responsible for equity investments and business development activities, including in-licensing and supplier or distributor partnerships, across both the China and U.S. markets. 

The firm is most interested in companies developing novel drugs across biologics, cell therapy, gene therapy, repurposed drugs, and biosimilars. From a development-stage perspective, the firm prefers programs at or before the NDA stage, including preclinical, Phase I, Phase II, Phase III, and NDA-ready assets. 

In addition to general equity investment and business development opportunities, the firm has particular interest in late-stage clinical assets that can be in-licensed and introduced into the China market, technologies that improve API manufacturing and production efficiency, and injectable drug products. The firm is also interested in distribution rights in China for both innovative and generic drugs, as well as distribution rights in the United States, primarily for generic drugs. 

From a company and management team perspective, the firm generally favors partners with strong scientific and technical capabilities, clear development and regulatory strategies, and high-quality data packages that support clinical and commercial potential. The firm typically values management teams that demonstrate execution capability, openness to strategic collaboration, and a willingness to engage in cross-border partnerships aligned with manufacturing, regulatory, and commercialization objectives. 

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