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IMPACT Therapeutics Announces Global License Collaboration Agreement With Eikon

June 14, 2023

Cooley advised IMPACT Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of targeted anti-cancer innovative drugs based on synthetic lethality on its license and collaboration agreement with Eikon Therapeutics, a biotechnology company.

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Lila Hope
Partner, Palo Alto
Yiming Liu
Partner in Charge – Shanghai, Shanghai
Xiaoyu Xu
Associate, Beijing
Xiaozhen (Shawn) Yu
Associate, Washington DC
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Chen Chen
Associate, Palo Alto

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Zion Pharma Announces Sale of Lead Program to Roche

May 15, 2023

Cooley advised Zion Pharma Limited, a Chinese biotechnology company focused on the development of brain-penetrable compounds, on the acquisition of its lead program, ZN-A-1041, by Roche.

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Lila Hope
Partner, Palo Alto
Yiming Liu
Partner in Charge – Shanghai, Shanghai
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington DC
Xiaoyu Xu
Associate, Beijing
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Chen Chen
Associate, Palo Alto

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Tmunity Therapeutics Agrees to Sell to Kite

December 28, 2022

Cooley advised Tmunity Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, on its agreement to sell to Kite, a global biopharmaceutical company. Partners Mark Weeks, Ben Beerle and Marya Postner led the Cooley team.

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Mark Weeks
Partner, Palo Alto
Ben Beerle
Partner, San Francisco
Marya Postner
Partner, Palo Alto
Chen Chen
Associate, Palo Alto
Jenny Ge
Associate, San Francisco
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington DC
Ross Eberly
Partner, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Kate Hillier
Partner, Seattle
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington DC
David Walsh
Partner, Reston
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington DC
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Andrew Bae
Associate, Washington DC
Baasit Bhutta
Associate, Palo Alto
Paula Fleckenstein
Associate, Reston
John Forrest
Associate, Boston
Joyce Li
Associate, Chicago
Lindsey O'Crump
Associate, Washington DC
Maya Rahwanji
Associate, New York
Patrick Sharma
Associate, Los Angeles Santa Monica
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Washington DC
Zimu Yang
Associate, Washington DC
Freddy Yip
Associate, Hong Kong

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Genomatica Joint Venture with Unilever

June 17, 2022

Cooley advised Genomatica in its joint venture with Unilever to commercialize and scale plant-based alternatives to feedstocks like palm oil or fossil fuels, to make key ingredients used in everyday cleaning and personal care products. Under the terms of the agreement, $120 million will be jointly invested in the newly formed initiative.

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Charity Williams
Partner, San Diego
Chen Chen
Associate, Palo Alto

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Arcus Biosciences Announces 10-year Partnership with Gilead

October 29, 2020

Arcus Biosciences, Inc. in its 10-year partnership with Gilead Sciences to co-develop and co-commercialize current and future therapeutic product candidates in Arcus’s pipeline.

Under the terms of the agreement, Arcus will receive $375 million upon closing, consisting of a $175 million upfront payment and a $200 million equity investment from Gilead. Arcus is eligible to receive up to $1.225 billion in opt-in and milestone payments with respect to its current clinical product candidates. Gilead will gain access to Arcus’s current and future investigational immuno-oncology products through the agreement, as Gilead continues to expand its presence in the field. This includes immediate rights to zimberelimab, as well as the right to opt-in to all other current Arcus clinical candidates, which include AB154, AB928 and AB680, upon payment of an opt-in fee that ranges from $200 million to $275 million per program, after delivery of a qualifying data package. If Gilead opts-in to the AB154 program, Arcus is eligible to receive up to $500 million in potential future U.S. regulatory approval milestones.

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Barbara Kosacz
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Chen Chen
Associate, Palo Alto

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