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Laekna Announces Clinical Collaboration With Lilly

November 20, 2024

Shanghai – November 20, 2024 – Cooley advised Laekna (HKSE: 2105.HK), a global biotech company focused on novel drug development for metabolic and cancer diseases, on its clinical collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company to accelerate the development of LAE102, a novel ActRIIA mAb as a treatment for obesity. The collaboration includes clinical development of LAE102 through a phase 1 study, including obese patients, with Lilly providing funding, resources and expertise to accelerate research and development timelines. Laekna, which focuses on novel therapies for cancer, metabolic diseases and liver fibrosis, will retain global rights to LAE102.

Lawyers Yiming Liu, Bin Wang and Zack Gong led the Cooley team advising Laekna. 

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