Group 1 - CRO concept stocks have shown significant gains, with companies like Viatris (01873) up 6.14% to HKD 2.42, WuXi Biologics (02269) up 6.01% to HKD 40.54, Tigermed (03347) up 4.65% to HKD 56.3, and WuXi AppTec (02359) up 4.31% to HKD 121 [1] - WuXi AppTec's net profit is expected to increase by 103% year-on-year in 2025, while Tigermed's is projected to rise by 105-204% [1] - Global biopharmaceutical investment and financing data is expected to recover starting in 2025, with global and China year-on-year growth rates of 2.7% and 6.4% respectively, driven by a surge in innovative drug development [1] Group 2 - The report from Guotai Junan Securities indicates that as financing and business development (BD) recover, pharmaceutical companies are increasing their investment in clinical trials, leading to a resurgence in demand for clinical CRO, SMO, and registration services [1] - Debon Securities believes that CXO and upstream research services primarily support the development and later production of innovative drugs, and expects both sectors to maintain a positive performance trend due to the booming innovative drug development [1]