Frances Stocks Allen

Cooley advised AviadoBio, a company focused on gene therapy for neurodegenerative disorders, on its exclusive option and license agreement with Astellas Pharma for AVB-101, an investigational, adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapy in Phase 1/2 development for patients with frontotemporal dementia with progranulin mutations (FTD-GRN).

Cooley advised Ochre Bio, a UK-based pioneer in chronic liver disease medicine development with labs in New York and Taipei, on its partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim focused on the discovery and development of novel, first-in-class regenerative treatments for chronic liver diseases, such as late-stage metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) cirrhosis.

Cooley advised Quell Therapeutics, a leading T-regulatory (Treg) cell therapy biotech company based in London, on its exclusive collaboration with AstraZeneca.