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Ionis – $500.3 Million Public Offering of Common Stock

September 11, 2024

Cooley advised Ionis Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: IONS), a biotechnology research company inventing medicines that bring better futures to people with serious diseases, on its $500.3 million underwritten public offering of common stock.

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ARCH Venture Partners Co-Leads Xaira Therapeutics $1 Billion Series A Funding

April 24, 2024

Cooley advised ARCH Venture Partners, which co-led a $1 billion Series A funding round in Xaira Therapeutics. Partners Colleen Badgley, Danielle Naftulin and Dave Peinsipp led the Cooley team advising ARCH, a venture capital firm catalyzing discoveries that prevent, detect and cure disease.

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ACELYRIN Announces Pricing of Upsized Initial Public Offering

May 15, 2023

Cooley advised Acelyrin, INC., a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, in its $621 million initial public offering, the second-largest biotechnology IPO and largest clinical-stage biotechnology IPO ever.

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Partner, San Francisco
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Brad Goldberg
Partner, New York
Peter Adams
Partner, San Diego
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Partner, Palo Alto
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Partner, San Diego
Patrick Gibbs
Partner, Palo Alto
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Partner, San Francisco
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Partner, San Diego
David Navetta
Partner, Colorado
Patrick Van Eecke
Partner, Brussels
Shannon Eagan
Partner in Charge – Palo Alto, Palo Alto
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Partner, Reston
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Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Dani Nazemian
Special Counsel, San Diego
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Jacquelyn Burke
Special Counsel, Boston
Karen Tsai
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Miriam Petrillo
Partner, Chicago
Andrew Nelms
Associate, San Francisco
David D. Kim
Associate, San Francisco
Lawrence Traylor
Associate, Santa Monica
Dionne A. Thomas
Associate, San Diego
Nathaniel Hearn Jr.
Associate, Chicago
Valerie Sapozhnikova
Associate, Los Angeles
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Kelly McCormick
Associate, San Francisco
Mor Agam
Associate, New York
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Madison (JJ) Meng
Associate, San Francisco
Rebecca Siegel
Associate, San Francisco
Rachel F. Katz
Associate, New York
Mari Dugas
Associate, Washington, DC
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Kristin R. Marshall
Associate, Washington, DC
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Structure Therapeutics – $185.3 Million IPO

February 9, 2023

San Francisco – February 9, 2023 Cooley advised Structure Therapeutics, a clinical-stage global biopharmaceutical company, on its $185.3 million initial public offering, including the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional American depositary shares. Lawyers Charlie Kim, Patrick Loofbourrow, Andrew Harline and Su Lian Lu led the Cooley team.

The offering marks the first sizable US life sciences IPO this year. Structure Therapeutics will use the proceeds to develop new oral therapies for the treatment of various diseases, including those impacting the metabolic, cardiovascular and pulmonary systems. Its lead product candidate targets Type 2 diabetes and obesity.

Structure Therapeutics aims to develop and deliver novel oral therapeutics to treat a wide range of chronic diseases with unmet medical needs. Its differentiated technology platform leverages structure-based drug discovery and computational chemistry expertise, enabling it to build a pipeline of product candidates. The company currently focuses on G-protein-coupled receptors as a therapeutic target class.

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Jie Zhang
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Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Bin Wang
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Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Lisa Yuan
Special Counsel, Beijing
Jennifer Shanley
Special Counsel, New York
Christine Turner
Associate, Colorado
Vince Flynn
Associate, San Diego
Ivy Wang
Associate, Shanghai
Rick Jantz
Associate, Santa Monica
Cara Buchicchio
Associate, New York
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Daniel Gillon
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Dionne A. Thomas
Associate, San Diego
Cristina Ferruolo
Associate, San Diego
Brian Lau
Associate, Hong Kong
Jessica Wade
Paralegal Specialist, San Diego
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Paralegal Specialist, San Diego
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Oyster Point Pharma to Be Acquired by Viatris

November 10, 2022

Cooley advised Oyster Point Pharma, a top ophthalmology-focused biopharmaceutical company, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by global healthcare company Viatris. Partners Mika Reiner Mayer, Brandon Fenn, Div Gupta and Ian Nussbaum led the Cooley team advising Oyster Point Pharma.

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Charity Williams
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Ryan Montgomery
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Associate, New York
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Patent Agent, Palo Alto
Julia R. Brinton
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