APAC Life Sciences Valuation Trends: Chinese Firms Eclipse Japan, India Peers

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Chinese healthcare and life sciences firms now overshadow their peers in Japan and India in terms of key valuation metrics amid COVID-19 and China has also witnessed significant M&A activity at high revenue multiples.

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Spotlight On APAC Life Sciences Valuation Trends • Source: Alamy

The top listed Chinese healthcare and life sciences companies have had a strong run on the stock market over the recent past, including during the COVID-19 outbreak, with price-to-earnings (PE) multiples dwarfing peers in markets like India and Japan and even ahead of US big pharma in some instances.

Addressing a recent webinar, Varun Gupta, managing director and Asia Pacific leader, valuation advisory at Duff & Phelps (part of...

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