Christine Turner

Cooley advised the underwriters of BioAge Labs, a clinical-stage biotechnology company that is harnessing the biology of human aging to develop novel targets and therapies for metabolic diseases, on its $198 million initial public offering.

Cooley advised Structure Therapeutics (Nasdaq: GPCR), a global, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel oral small molecule therapeutics for metabolic and cardiopulmonary diseases, on its upsized $547.4 million underwritten public offering.

Cooley advised the underwriters in Vistagen Therapeutics’ $100 million follow-on offering of common stock, pre-funded warrants, and two tranches of common stock warrants, with Jefferies, Stifel and William Blair acting as lead book-running managers. Vistagen Therapeutics is a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company aiming to transform the treatment landscape for individuals living with anxiety, depression and other central nervous system disorders. Partners Denny Won, Charlie Kim and Courtney Tygesson led the Cooley team.

Cooley advised the underwriters in IGM Biosciences’ $97.5 million public offering of 9,000,000 shares of non-voting common stock and 3,187,500 shares of voting common stock, each at the public offering price of $8.00 per share, as well as a $22.5 million concurrent private placement. IGM is a clinical-stage biotechnology company committed to developing and delivering a new class of medicines to treat patients with cancer, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, and infectious diseases. Denny Won, Kristin VanderPas and Charlie Kim led the Cooley team.

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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