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Angion and Elicio Therapeutics Enter Into Definitive Merger Agreement

Boston – January 19, 2023 – Cooley advised Angion, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, on its definitive merger agreement with Elicio Therapeutics. Lawyers Kenneth Guernsey and Matthew Silverman led the Cooley team counseling Angion.

Elicio will merge with a wholly owned subsidiary of Angion in an all-stock transaction. The combined company will continue under the Elicio Therapeutics name and will focus on advancing Elicio’s proprietary lymph node-targeting amphiphile technology to develop immunotherapies, with a focus on ELI-002, a therapeutic cancer vaccine targeting mKRAS-driven tumors.

Angion has focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel small-molecule therapeutics to address fibrotic diseases.

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Related Contacts
Kenneth Guernsey  Senior Counsel San Francisco, Palo Alto
Matthew D. Silverman  Special Counsel Los Angeles – Santa Monica
Sonia Nath  Partner Washington, DC
Barbara Mirza  Partner Los Angeles – Santa Monica, Los Angeles – Downtown
Jason Savich  Partner San Francisco
Ross Eberly  Partner Los Angeles – Santa Monica, Los Angeles – Downtown
Phil Mitchell  Partner New York
Patrick Gibbs  Partner Palo Alto
Todd Gluth  Partner San Diego
Mark Windfeld-Hansen  Senior Counsel Palo Alto
Natasha Leskovsek  Of Counsel Washington, DC
J. Brian Stalter  Special Counsel New York
Brett White  Of Counsel Palo Alto
Anitha Anne  Associate San Francisco
Ida Mahmoudi  Associate San Francisco
Lindsey O'Crump  Associate Washington, DC
Will Lowery  Associate San Francisco
Brittany K. Wightman  Associate San Diego
Christine Tse  Associate New York
Megan E. Schaff  Associate Chicago
Megan E. Schaff  Associate Chicago
Alexander Ellebracht  Associate Palo Alto
Bryan Liu  Associate San Diego
Eileen Leman  Associate Los Angeles – Downtown, Los Angeles – Santa Monica
Eileen Leman  Associate Los Angeles – Downtown, Los Angeles – Santa Monica
Wyatt Kernell  Associate New York
Patrick Sharma  Associate Los Angeles – Santa Monica, Los Angeles – Downtown