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Avid Bioservices Announces $1.1 Billion Acquisition by GHO Capital Partners and Ampersand Capital Partners

November 6, 2024

Cooley advised Avid Bioservices (Nasdaq: CDMO), a dedicated biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) working to improve patient lives by providing high quality development and manufacturing services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, on its definitive merger agreement to be acquired by funds managed by GHO Capital Partners and Ampersand Capital Partners in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion.

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Cooley Advises Life360 on $178.5 Million IPO

June 7, 2024

Cooley advised Life360, a family connection and safety company, on its $178.5 million initial public offering.

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Bridge to Life Sells Certain Assets to TransMedics

August 3, 2023

Cooley advised Bridge to Life, an organ preservation and perfusion technologies supplier, on its sale of certain assets – including its EVOSS heart and lung and LifeCradle heart perfusion assets – to TransMedics.

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Horizon Therapeutics to Be Acquired by Amgen for Approximately $28 Billion

December 20, 2022

A Cooley team advised Horizon Therapeutics, a specialty biopharmaceutical company, on its agreement to be acquired by Amgen. The approximately $28 billion merger would represent the third-largest all-cash transaction in the pharmaceutical sector in history and the biggest healthcare deal of 2022.

 

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