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Sam Fazeli

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Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

It's already at the lower end of what some of your colleagues in other companies in China are spending.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

So is the company prepared to provide that investment, obviously, that's required?

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

Or are the net and EBITDA margins sacrosanct, which is always a fight between those two sides, right?

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

Apologies if I've got my number wrong.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

I hope it's the only thing I get wrong this morning.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

So, okay, let's talk about some specific products now.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

One of my favorite in the Henleus Fosun Pharma world is Serplulimab.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

And I learned a lot more about this at the latest WCLC conference, World Conference on Lung Cancer, than before.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

The first thing I learned also is that it is the highest ranked product for small cell lung cancer in Europe by ESMO.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

And this is completely home developed, if I'm not wrong.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

So I'm interested in the story of serplulimab.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

It is a PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

And I've seen head-to-head data that looks really exciting and interesting.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

And of course, you've got this bridging study that you already spoke about in small cell lung cancer in the US.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

It's literally going up against the standard of care, which is dyscentric plus chemo.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

So I'm interested in the story of this molecule and what your ambitions for it are.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

When I searched around, I didn't find too many other indications being tested out.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

But just tell us a little bit about this and when we should expect data and what its history is, because it is one of those situations where a molecule was discovered that is better than what's, at least in this indication.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Fosun Pharma’s Drive Beyond China

Well, that's a good ambition to have, right?