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Wilson Sonsini Advises AliveCor in Series F Financing
On August 16, 2022, AliveCor, the global leader in FDA-cleared personal electrocardiogram (ECG) technology, announced its Series F Financing led by GE Healthcare. Also joining the round are NGK-NTK (through a CVC partnership with Pegasus Tech Ventures) and existing investors including Khosla Ventures, Bold Capital Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, and WP Global Partners. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised AliveCor in the financing.
AliveCor will use this financing to advance its mission of becoming a premier provider of end-to-end cardiological care for patients when they are not in front of their cardiologists by introducing subscription services, KardiaCare and KardiaComplete for patients, payers and employers, and KardiaPro for physicians. These subscription services are supported by the company's personal ECG devices, including KardiaMobile, KardiaMobile 6L, and KardiaMobile Card. This financing will also allow for continued advancements in AliveCor's AI roadmap and pipeline of innovations.
AliveCor will use this financing to advance its mission of becoming a premier provider of end-to-end cardiological care for patients when they are not in front of their cardiologists by introducing subscription services, KardiaCare and KardiaComplete for patients, payers and employers, and KardiaPro for physicians. These subscription services are supported by the company's personal ECG devices, including KardiaMobile, KardiaMobile 6L, and KardiaMobile Card. This financing will also allow for continued advancements in AliveCor's AI roadmap and pipeline of innovations.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Lumentum on Acquisition of IPG Photonics’ Telecom Transmission Product Lines
On August 15, 2022, Lumentum Holdings Inc. announced that it has acquired IPG Photonics' telecom transmission product lines in an all-cash transaction. According to the press release, the acquisition adds "highly complementary and differentiated transceiver product lines and ASIC capabilities" to Lumentum, which will "help expand [the] addressable market and augment [Lumentum's] technology capabilities.” Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises BigHat Biosciences on IP and Licensing Matters Related to $75 Million Series B
On July 20, 2022, BigHat Biosciences, a biotechnology company developing safer, more effective antibody therapies for patients using machine learning and synthetic biology, announced the completion of a Series B financing of $75 million led by Section 32, with participation from new investors Amgen Ventures, Bristol Myers Squibb, Quadrille Capital, Gaingels, and GRIDS Capital. Prior investors Andreessen Horowitz, 8VC, and AME Cloud Ventures also contributed to this round. The company has raised over $100 million to date. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati provides support in IP and licensing matters to BigHat Biosciences.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Marengo Therapeutics on Patent Matters Related to Strategic Partnership with Ipsen
On August 1, 2022, Ipsen and Marengo Therapeutics announced a strategic partnership to advance two of Marengo’s preclinical STAR platform-generated candidates into the clinic. The collaboration will leverage Marengo’s proprietary R&D expertise of a novel mechanism of T cell activation with Ipsen’s global oncology footprint for clinical development and commercialization. Under the terms of the agreement, Ipsen will make an upfront payment of $45 million, together with potential payments up to a total of $1.592 billion if all milestones are met in addition to tiered sales royalty payments. Marengo will lead the preclinical development efforts and will expense related costs until the submission of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the U.S. FDA. Ipsen will assume responsibilities for clinical development and commercialization.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises MiroBio on Patent Matters Related to Acquisition by Gilead
On August 4, 2022, Gilead Sciences and MiroBio, a privately-held UK-based biotechnology company focused on restoring immune balance with agonists targeting immune inhibitory receptors, announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Gilead will acquire MiroBio for approximately $405 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments. The acquisition will provide Gilead with MiroBio’s proprietary discovery platform and entire portfolio of immune inhibitory receptor agonists. MiroBio’s lead investigational antibody, MB272, is a selective agonist of immune inhibitory receptor B- and T-Lymphocyte Attenuator (BTLA) and has entered Phase 1 clinical trials, with the first patient dosed earlier this week. MB272 targets T, B and dendritic cells to inhibit or blunt activation and suppress an inflammatory immune response.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Eneus Energy on Investment Agreement with Carlyle and GIC
On August 4, 2022, Eneus Energy, a green ammonia project development company, announced a strategic investment from Carlyle and GIC. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati served as legal counsel to Eneus, drawing on the experience of a cross-border team from the firm’s Seattle, San Francisco, and London offices. Taylor Wessing served as special counsel on certain UK tax and other matters.
The Life Sciences Report – June 2022
This latest issue features articles on the firm’s new Boulder office and recent Gateway to Colorado VC roadshow, a collaboration between Deloitte’s Center for Health Solutions and MedTech Innovator to evaluate trends across the medical technology start-up landscape, and life sciences venture financings in which clients participated across the first half and second halves of 2021. It also includes an update on the priority fight between UC and the Broad Institute over CRISPR gene editing patents, articles addressing patented inventions under the patent safe harbor of Section 271(e)(1) and the firm’s partnership with Bakar Labs, and a summary of select recent life sciences client highlights and upcoming events.