Andrew Epstein

Cooley advised Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals (Hengrui Pharma), a global pharmaceutical company focused on scientific and technological innovation, on its exclusive license agreement with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany for the commercialization in mainland China of SHR7280, an oral small-molecule gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor antagonist, for indications including medical-assisted reproduction and gynecology.

Cooley advised Logik.ai, an industry leader offering a modern, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, composable configure, price and quote solution, on its acquisition by ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), the AI platform for business transformation.

Cooley advised Puhe BioPharma, a biotechnology company dedicated to the research and development of innovative small-molecule precision therapeutics, on its global license agreement with Bayer for Puhe BioPharma’s oral, small-molecule protein arginine methyltransferase 5 inhibitor that selectively targets metabolic enzyme 5’-deoxy-5’-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase-deleted tumors.

Cooley advised Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals (Hengrui Pharma), a global pharmaceutical company focused on scientific and technological innovation, on its exclusive license agreement with Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the US and Canada, for HRS-5346, an investigational oral small molecule lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), inhibitor currently being evaluated in a phase 2 clinical trial in China.

Cooley advised EsoBiotec, a biotechnology company pioneering in vivo cell therapies that has demonstrated promising early clinical activity, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by AstraZeneca (London Stock Exchange/Nasdaq Stockholm/Nasdaq: AZN) for up to $1 billion on a cash- and debt-free basis.