Kenneth Krisko

Cooley advised Aclaris Therapeutics (Nasdaq: ACRS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel drug candidates for immuno-inflammatory diseases, on its exclusive license agreement with Biosion and $80 million private placement.

Cooley advised Adaptive Phage Therapeutics, a US-based, privately held, clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of phage-based therapies to combat bacterial infections, on its definitive merger agreement with BiomX, a clinical-stage company advancing novel natural and engineered phage therapies that target specific pathogenic bacteria.

Cooley advised Autolus – a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation programmed T-cell therapies – on its strategic collaboration with BioNTech, an immunotherapy company pioneering novel therapies for cancer and other serious diseases, to advance both companies’ autologous CAR-T programs toward commercialization, as well as a $350 million underwritten offering.

Cooley advised Propella Therapeutics, a privately held biopharmaceutical company that has leveraged a wholly owned proprietary platform that combines medicinal chemistry with lymphatic targeting to create new oncology drugs, on its merger agreement with Astellas Pharma in which Astellas will acquire Propella through a US subsidiary.

Cooley advised Beam Therapeutics, a biotechnology company committed to establishing the leading, fully integrated platform for precision genetic medicines, on its agreement with Verve Therapeutics to sell its opt-in rights to co-develop and co-commercialize base-editing programs for cardiovascular disease to Eli Lilly and Company.