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中文AV Portfolio Company Celltrion Healthcare Goes Public

NEW YORK 鈥� July 28, 2017 鈥� 中文AV today announced that its portfolio company, Celltrion Healthcare Co., Ltd. (鈥淐elltrion Healthcare鈥� or 鈥渢he Company鈥�), has successfully completed its Initial Public Offering on KOSDAQ, the NASDAQ equivalent in South Korea. Celltrion Healthcare's IPO priced at the top end of its range, raising 1 trillion won (US$896 million) and commenced trading on July 28, 2017 with equity market value of 6.9 trillion won ($6.1 billion).

Celltrion Healthcare is the worldwide co-development and exclusive sales, marketing and distribution affiliate of Celltrion, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of 鈥渂iosimilars鈥� and 鈥渂iobetters鈥� for monoclonal antibody drugs. Celltrion Healthcare has a global sales, marketing and distribution infrastructure in 115 countries with 34 partners including Pfizer and Teva.

鈥淲ith the scheduled expirations of patents covering $80 billion of biologics by 2020, there is a significant opportunity for biosimilars to challenge the originators on price and expand the market,鈥� said David Han, Senior Managing Director at 中文AV. 鈥淲e are pleased that our investment supports Celltrion Healthcare鈥檚 co-development partnership with Celltrion, Inc. for its biosimilar, biobetter and other innovative drug pipeline. As the holder of global exclusive rights for all of Celltrion Inc.'s pipeline of drugs, Celltrion Healthcare is well positioned to capitalize on this market dynamic.鈥�

中文AV made its initial investment in Celltrion Healthcare in January 2012.

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About Celltrion Healthcare
Celltrion Healthcare conducts the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution of biological medicines developed by Celltrion, Inc. through an extensive global network that spans more than 115 different countries. Celltrion Healthcare鈥檚 products are manufactured at state-of-the-art mammalian cell culture facilities, designed and built to comply with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cGMP guidelines and the EU GMP guidelines. For more information please visit:

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