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Takara Bio Announces Acquisition of Curio Bioscience

January 15, 2025

Colorado – January 15, 2025 – Cooley advised Takara Bio, a global biotechnology and life sciences company headquartered in Shiga, Japan, on its acquisition of Curio Bioscience, a pioneering company in the field of spatial genomics. The acquisition will extend the power of Takara Bio’s next-generation sequencing (NGS) solutions and give customers deeper insights into tissue spatial organization and molecular composition.

Partners Laura Medina, Charity Williams and Bill Christiansen led the Cooley team advising Takara Bio on life sciences matters, with support from special counsel Meredith Klionsky on mergers and acquisitions and associate John Forrest on life sciences partnering.

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Laura M. Medina
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