Jennifer Raab

Cooley advised MediLink Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech company focused on developing globally competitive conjugated drugs, on its strategic research collaboration and worldwide license agreement with BioNTech.

Cooley advised the underwriters on the $250.1 million initial public offering of Neumora Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company founded to confront the global brain disease crisis by taking a fundamentally different approach to the way treatments for brain diseases are developed.

Cooley advised the underwriters on fashion brand Lulu’s $92 million initial public offering of 5,750,000 shares of common stock, which now trade on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol LVLU. Lawyers David Peinsipp, Kristin VanderPas and Denny Won led the Cooley team advising the underwriters.

Cooley advised Zai Lab on its exclusive collaboration and license agreement with Blueprint Medicines for the development and commercialization of BLU-945 and BLU-701 for the treatment of patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) -driven non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in Greater China, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. 
 
Under the terms of the agreement, Blueprint Medicines will receive an upfront cash payment of $25 million and will be eligible to receive up to $590 million in potential development, regulatory and sales-based milestone payments, and tiered royalties on a product-by-product basis ranging from the low-teens to mid-teens on annual net sales of BLU-945 and BLU-701 in Greater China, subject to adjustment in specified circumstances. In addition, Zai Lab will be responsible for all the development costs for BLU-945 and BLU-701 occurring in Greater China and will receive the rights to develop and exclusively commercialize BLU-945 and BLU-701 in the region.
 
Lawyers Lila Hope and Jennifer Raab led the Cooley team advising Zai Lab.

Cooley advised I-Mab on its global collaboration agreement with AbbVie for the development and commercialization of lemzoparlimab, one of I-Mab’s leading drug candidates, for the treatment of multiple cancers. Lawyers Lila Hope and Jennifer Raab led the Cooley team advising I-Mab on the agreement.