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SiteOne Therapeutics to Be Acquired by Eli Lilly for up to $1 Billion

May 28, 2025

Cooley advised SiteOne Therapeutics, a private biotechnology company developing small molecule inhibitors of sodium channels to treat pain and other neuronal hyperexcitability disorders, on its acquisition by Eli Lilly.

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Charity Williams
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Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Lila Hope
Partner, Palo Alto
Noel Ripberger-Scheick
Associate, Palo Alto
Tucker Cochenour
Associate, Palo Alto
Kristin O'Hanlon
Special Counsel, San Francisco
David Fletcher
Partner, Washington, DC
Jamie Leigh
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Carly Mitchell
Partner, Washington, DC
Jeremy Morrison
Partner, Washington, DC
Gerard O'Shea
Partner, New York
Marty Schenker
Senior Counsel , San Francisco
Chen Chen
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Selin Akkan
Associate, Palo Alto
Mari Dugas
Associate, Washington, DC
Virat Gupta
Associate, Washington, DC
Joseph J. Kim
Associate, Palo Alto
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Ehijele Olumese
Associate, Santa Monica
Joseph Perry
Associate, Reston
Hannah Rausch
Associate, New York
Melody Van Horn
Senior Paralegal, Palo Alto

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Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Announces License Agreement With Merck KGaA

April 8, 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 KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany for the commercialization in mainland China of SHR7280, an oral small-molecule gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor antagonist, for indications including medical-assisted reproduction and gynecology.

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Alan W. Tamarelli
Partner, New York
Freddy Yip
Associate, Hong Kong
Caroline Vu
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Letian Wei
Legal Consultant, Shanghai
Marc Suskin
Partner, New York
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Bin Wang
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Robert Eisenbach
Of Counsel, San Francisco
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Jiqiang Lin
Associate, New York
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto

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Logik.ai Announces Acquisition by ServiceNow

April 3, 2025

Cooley advised Logik.ai, an industry leader offering a modern, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, composable configure, price and quote solution, on its acquisition by ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW), the AI platform for business transformation.

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Sepideh Mousakhani
Partner, Palo Alto
Jon Gavenman
Partner, Palo Alto
Sangitha Palaniappa
Associate, Palo Alto
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Caitlin Courtney
Partner, Palo Alto
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Steve Tonsfeldt
Partner, Palo Alto
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Kristin O'Hanlon
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Tamara Chin Loy
Associate, Washington, DC
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Jessica Li
Associate, Palo Alto
Yichen Liu
Associate, Palo Alto
Michael Pelle
Associate, New York
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Erica Russell
Associate, San Francisco
Kealan Santistevan
Associate, Palo Alto
Megan Stallworth
Associate, Palo Alto
Christopher Suhler
Associate, Colorado
Mickeala Tu
Associate, Palo Alto
Chris Rhem
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
Katie Kissner
Quantitative Analyst, San Francisco
Brian Mitchell
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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Puhe BioPharma Announces Global License Agreement With Bayer

March 26, 2025

Cooley advised Puhe BioPharma, a biotechnology company dedicated to the research and development of innovative small-molecule precision therapeutics, on its global license agreement with Bayer for Puhe BioPharma’s oral, small-molecule protein arginine methyltransferase 5 inhibitor that selectively targets metabolic enzyme 5’-deoxy-5’-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase-deleted tumors.

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Lila Hope
Partner, Palo Alto
Freddy Yip
Associate, Hong Kong
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto

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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
Jiqiang Lin
Associate, New York
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Zhijing Yu
Associate, Singapore
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Navya Dasari
Associate, New York
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Robert Eisenbach
Of Counsel, San Francisco
Russell Anderson
Partner, London
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Steve Przesmicki
Partner, San Diego

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