Cooley Advises Ambit on its Initial Public Offering

San Diego, Calif. – May 21, 2013 – Cooley LLP announced today that it represented Ambit Biosciences on its initial public offering. Ambit, a San Diego-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of unmet medical needs in oncology, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, now trades on the NASDAQ Global Stock Market under the symbol "AMBI."

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