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Cooley advised the underwriters of Caris Life Sciences, a patient-centric, next-generation artificial intelligence techbio company and precision medicine pioneer, in connection with Caris’ $494 million initial public offering (IPO).

Cooley advised Tvardi Therapeutics, a privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel, oral, small-molecule therapies targeting STAT3 to treat fibrosis-driven diseases, on its definitive merger agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction with Cara Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CARA), a development-stage biopharmaceutical company that has been leading a new treatment paradigm to improve the lives of patients suffering from pruritus.

Cooley advised the underwriters of BioAge Labs, a clinical-stage biotechnology company that is harnessing the biology of human aging to develop novel targets and therapies for metabolic diseases, on its $198 million initial public offering.

Cooley advised Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, Citigroup and Guggenheim Securities as the underwriters of Zenas BioPharma’s $225 million initial public offering.

Cooley advised long-time biotech client, Gamida Cell Ltd., and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gamida Cell Inc. (collectively, the “Company”), in the Company’s global restructuring through a novel use of debt arrangement proceedings in Israel combined with Chapter 15 and 11 proceedings in the United States.