Guotou Securities·2025-11-23 10:05Investment Rating - The report maintains an investment rating of "Outperform" with a rating of A [7] Core Insights - The report highlights significant advancements in small nucleic acid drugs for the treatment of hepatitis B, particularly the promising data from the drug AHB-137 presented at the AASLD 2025 conference, indicating its potential as the best small nucleic acid drug for hepatitis B [3][22] Summary by Sections Weekly New Drug Market Review - From November 17 to November 23, 2025, the top five gainers in the new drug sector were: - LaiKai Pharmaceutical (+13.34%) - Beihai Kangcheng (+2.67%) - Jiahe Biotech (+2.19%) - Yongtai Biotech (+1.94%) - Youzhi You (+1.14%) - The top five losers were: - WuXi AppTec (-15.75%) - Adi Pharma (-14.56%) - Mengke Pharma (-14.34%) - Yiming Oncology (-13.40%) - Kain Technology (-13.04%) [1][16] Weekly Focused Investment Targets - The report suggests focusing on several promising targets due to upcoming catalysts, including: 1. Products with high certainty for overseas expansion certified by MNCs: Sanofi, Federated Pharmaceuticals, and Kelun-Botai 2. Products with overseas data catalysts: Betta Pharmaceuticals, Hutchison China MediTech, and Yiming Biotech 3. Potential blockbuster products for overseas licensing by MNCs: Fuhong Hanlin, CSPC Pharmaceutical Group, and Yifang Biotech 4. New innovative drug technology breakthroughs: small nucleic acids, in vivo CAR-T, fat reduction and muscle gain, autoimmune CAR-T/bispecific antibodies, and gene therapy [2][20] Weekly New Drug Industry Analysis - The report emphasizes the breakthrough data for small nucleic acid drugs in treating hepatitis B, particularly the two-phase follow-up data for AHB-137, which shows a high potential for becoming the leading small nucleic acid drug in this field [3][22] Weekly New Drug Approval & Acceptance Status - No new drug or new indication approvals were reported this week, but six new drug or new indication applications were accepted [4][24] Weekly New Drug Clinical Application Approval & Acceptance Status - This week, 42 new drug clinical applications were approved, and 44 new drug clinical applications were accepted [5][26] Domestic Market Key Events TOP3 - Key events included: 1. Zean Biopharma's strategic collaboration with GSK to develop up to four "first-in-class" candidates in oncology [11] 2. Innovent Biologics announcing successful Phase III clinical study results for a drug in moderate to severe obesity [11] 3. Fuhong Hanlin's FDA approval for a biosimilar product [11] Overseas Market Key Events TOP3 - Key events included: 1. Merck's presentation of key Phase III trial results at the AHA Scientific Sessions [12] 2. Johnson & Johnson's acquisition of Halda Therapeutics for $3.05 billion [12] 3. The EMA's recommendation for the approval of a gene therapy product [12]