The Prenetics Ltd. brand is displayed on the firm’s laboratory in Hong Kong on July 31, 2020. Roy Liu | Bloomberg | Getty Photographs Hong Kong biotech firm Prenetics goes public by way of a merger with Artisan Acquisition — a particular objective acquisition firm, or SPAC — in a deal that can worth the mixed entity at $1.7 billion, the businesses introduced Thursday. Confirming CNBC’s earlier report , the 2 firms stated the transaction is predicted to shut as early because the fourth quarter. This may make Prenetics the primary Hong Kong unicorn, or billion-dollar start-up, to change into…