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Capstan Therapeutics Announces up to $2.1 Billion Acquisition by AbbVie

June 30, 2025

Cooley advised Capstan Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company with a mission to multiply therapeutic possibilities for patients through targeted in vivo RNA technologies, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by AbbVie.

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Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
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Michelle Hunt
Associate
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Breanna Qin
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Christopher Suhler
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Rubin Waranch
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Yuhan Wu
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Jessica Wade
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BioNTech Announces Global Collaboration Agreement With Bristol Myers Squibb

June 3, 2025

Cooley advised BioNTech SE, a global biotechnology company pioneering next-generation immunotherapies, on its global co-development and co-commercialization collaboration agreement with Bristol Myers Squibb for BioNTech’s antibody candidate BNT327. The transaction includes a $1.5 billion upfront payment and $2 billion total in noncontingent anniversary payments through 2028.

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Kenneth Krisko
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Special Counsel, New York
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Associate, New York
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Partner, Brussels
Rachel Thorn
Of counsel, New York
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Partner, Boston
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Partner, Washington, DC
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Special Counsel, London
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Navya Dasari
Associate, New York
Douglas Lyles
Senior Research Services & Access Analyst

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Sirius Therapeutics Announces Collaboration With CRISPR Therapeutics

May 19, 2025

Cooley advised Sirius Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech company developing innovative small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapies for global markets, on its strategic partnership to develop and commercialize siRNA therapies with CRISPR Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CRSP), a biopharmaceutical company focused on creating transformative gene-based medicines for serious diseases.

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Alan W. Tamarelli
Partner, New York
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Associate, New York
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Associate, Santa Monica
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Partner, San Diego
Robert Eisenbach
Of Counsel, San Francisco
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Partner, Washington, DC
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Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Announces License Agreement With Merck

March 25, 2025

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.

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Alan W. Tamarelli
Partner, New York
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Associate, New York
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Special Counsel, Seattle
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Associate, Singapore
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Associate, New York
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Associate, Palo Alto
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Of Counsel, San Francisco
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Partner, London
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Alumis Announces Merger With ACELYRIN

February 6, 2025

Cooley advised Alumis (Nasdaq: ALMS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapies using a precision approach to optimize clinical outcomes and significantly improve the lives of patients with immune-mediated diseases, on its definitive agreement with ACELYRIN to merge in an all-stock transaction.

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Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
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Partner, San Francisco
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Partner, San Francisco
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Partner, San Francisco
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Sangitha Palaniappa
Associate, Palo Alto
Christine Turner
Associate, Colorado
Shaun (Tianjie) Wang
Associate, New York
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
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Partner, Palo Alto
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Sarah Lightdale
Partner, New York
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Jeremy Morrison
Partner, Washington, DC
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Jennifer Raab
Partner, Palo Alto
Patrick Van Eecke
Partner, Brussels
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Special Counsel, Seattle
Caroline Vu
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Christopher Andrews
Associate, New York
Dannielle Antone
Associate, San Francisco
Tamara Chin Loy
Associate, Washington, DC
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Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Winda Fung
Associate, Santa Monica
Wyatt Kernell
Associate, Colorado
Kristina Krasnikova
Associate, Palo Alto
Sunny J. Levine
Associate, Colorado
Amanda Lindner
Associate, New York
Jayne M. Munger
Associate, New York
Julianne Orr
Associate, San Francisco
Michael Pelle
Associate, New York
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Bartholomäus Regenhardt
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Jesse Schulman
Associate, Colorado
Freddy Yip
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