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LIFE SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY Duane Morris attorneys represent life sciences entities across a broad range of technologies in all stages of development, from startups seeking initial capital investment to multinational, publicly traded companies, including pharmaceutical companies, biotech companies, medical device manufacturers, academic research institutions, university technology transfer offices and clinical laboratories. Many of our life sciences attorneys have served as in-house counsel at pharma and biotech companies; earned Ph.D.s in biology, biochemistry and/or molecular and developmental genetics; or were scientists in research laboratories in cancer and genetics. That means our clients receive in-depth, hands-on counsel from lawyers who have devoted years to learning and understanding the life sciences industry. GLOBAL ADVISOR IN BIOTECH AND PHARMA TOP 10 Global Legal Advisor in Biotech and Pharma Licensing Agreements in BioPharm Insight (Q3 2015) TOP 5 Defense Firm in ANDA Cases by Lex Machina TOP 10 Law Firm for Pharmaceutical Industry by BTI Consulting Group National publications have repeatedly ranked Duane Morris among the leading U.S. law firms handling patents, trademarks, copyrights and related litigation, including Corporate Counsel, Managing IP and IP Law360. RANGE OF SERVICES CORPORATE: BUSINESS GROWTH AND OPERATIONS VENTURE CAPITAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PATENT LITIGATION COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE SERVICES EXAMPLES OF OUR WORK Advised QUEST DIAGNOSTICS on patent, licensing and IP litigation due diligence issues in connection with Quest’s acquisition of Athena Diagnostics from Thermo Fisher Scientific for $740 million. Represented biopharmaceutical company CEPTION THERAPEUTICS, INC. in its acquisition by Cephalon, Inc. for $250 million and up to $500 million in milestone payments. 1

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Page 1: LIFE SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY - Duane Morris · LIFE SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ... INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY • PATENT LITIGATION • COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS • ... clinical trial

LIFE SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Duane Morris attorneys represent life sciences entities

across a broad range of technologies in all stages of

development from startups seeking initial capital

investment to multinational publicly traded companies

including pharmaceutical companies biotech companies

medical device manufacturers academic research

institutions university technology transfer offices and

clinical laboratories Many of our life sciences attorneys

have served as in-house counsel at pharma and biotech

companies earned PhDs in biology biochemistry andor

molecular and developmental genetics or were scientists

in research laboratories in cancer and genetics That

means our clients receive in-depth hands-on counsel

from lawyers who have devoted years to learning and

understanding the life sciences industry

GLOBAL ADVISOR IN BIOTECH AND PHARMA

bull TOP 10 Global Legal Advisor in Biotech and Pharma Licensing Agreements in BioPharm Insight (Q3 2015)

bull TOP 5 Defense Firm in ANDA Cases by Lex Machina

bull TOP 10 Law Firm for Pharmaceutical Industry by BTI Consulting Group

bull National publications have repeatedly ranked Duane Morris among the leading US law firms handling

patents trademarks copyrights and related litigation including Corporate Counsel Managing IP and IP Law360

RANGE OF SERVICES

bull CORPORATE BUSINESS GROWTH AND OPERATIONS

bull VENTURE CAPITAL

bull PUBLIC OFFERINGS

bull INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

bull PATENT LITIGATION

bull COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS

bull REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE SERVICES

EXAMPLES OF OUR WORK

bull Advised QUEST DIAGNOSTICS on patent licensing and IP litigation due diligence issues in connection with Questrsquos acquisition of Athena Diagnostics from Thermo Fisher Scientific for $740 million

bull Represented biopharmaceutical company CEPTION THERAPEUTICS INC in its acquisition by Cephalon Inc for $250 million and up to $500 million in milestone payments

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bull Represented QUEST DIAGNOSTICS in the sale to Royalty Pharma of royalty rights from commercialization of the drug candidate Ibrutinib for $485 million

bull Represented INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS INC with regard to a collaboration agreement and related securities law matters with Roche to research develop and commercialize Inoviorsquos highly-optimized multi-antigen DNA immunotherapies targeting prostate cancer (INO-5150) and hepatitis B (INO-1800) as well as use of Inoviorsquos CELLECTRAreg electroporation technology for delivery of the vaccines The deal called for Inovio to receive an up-front payment of $10 million as well as milestone payments of up to $4125 million

bull Represented ORTHOVITA INC in its agreement to be acquired by Stryker Corp for $316 million

bull Represented CEPTARIS THERAPEUTICS in its acquisition by Actelion for $250 million cash plus undisclosed milestone payments and sales earnouts OFFICE LOCATIONS AND REACH

bull Represented AVEE LABORATORIES in its $118 million sale to Alere Inc

bull Represented INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS INC in its public offering of 10925000 shares of its common stock for total gross proceeds of $874 million

bull Represented IROKO PHARMACEUTICALS in connection with a cross-border $75 million debt financing

bull Obtained a $65 million plus settlement on behalf of TEKMIRA PHARMACEUTICALS CORP from Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc and AlCana Technologies Inc in connection with alleged misappropriation of Tekmirarsquos trade secrets related to gene-silencing therapeutics

bull

bull

Representing MARINUS PHARMACEUTICALS INC in an

Represented KINDSTAR DIAGNOSTICS CO LTD In

UNITED STATES Atlanta Miami Austin New York Baltimore Newark Boca Raton Philadelphia Boston Pittsburgh

INTERNATIONAL Hanoi Oman Ho Chi Minh City Shanghai London Singapore Myanmar Taiwan

IPO of shares of its common stock for a maximum of $46 Cherry Hill San Diego gt Joint ventures in Myanmar Chicago San Francisco Oman Shanghai and Singaporemillion which increased the size of the companyrsquos Phase IIb

clinical trial for subjects with focal onset seizures Houston Silicon Valley gt Alliances in Mexico and Sri LankaLake Tahoe Washington DC gt Leadership positions with Las Vegas Wilmington international networks of

independent law firms agreements to obtain rights to various diagnostic tests Los Angeles and technology in China including agreements with Mayo Medical Laboratories BG Medicine Pathwork Diagnostics TessArae BioView and Singulex

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT Representing MORTON GROVE PHARMACEUTICALS INC RICHARD L THURSTON PHD Of Counsel and WOCKHARDT USA LLC in a request to the US Supreme Duane Morris LLP Court to review a Pennsylvania appellate court ruling that P 2124711873 | rlthurstonduanemorriscom the product liability claims of thousands of generic Reglan users were not necessarily preempted by federal law

This publication is for general information and does not include full legal analysis of the

bull

bull Represented WRIGHT MEDICAL in patent litigation concerning orthopedic surgery

matters presented It should not be construed or relied upon as legal advice or legal opinion on any specific facts or circumstances The invitation to contact the attorneys in

bull Represented defendants CVS PHARMACY INC and our firm is not a solicitation to provide professional services and should not be construed as a statement as to any availability to perform legal services in any jurisdiction in which such attorney is not permitted to practice

WALGREEN COMPANY in a patent infringement suit related to a generic product wwwduanemorriscom | copy Duane Morris LLP 2018 | January 2018

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Page 2: LIFE SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY - Duane Morris · LIFE SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ... INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY • PATENT LITIGATION • COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS • ... clinical trial

bull Represented QUEST DIAGNOSTICS in the sale to Royalty Pharma of royalty rights from commercialization of the drug candidate Ibrutinib for $485 million

bull Represented INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS INC with regard to a collaboration agreement and related securities law matters with Roche to research develop and commercialize Inoviorsquos highly-optimized multi-antigen DNA immunotherapies targeting prostate cancer (INO-5150) and hepatitis B (INO-1800) as well as use of Inoviorsquos CELLECTRAreg electroporation technology for delivery of the vaccines The deal called for Inovio to receive an up-front payment of $10 million as well as milestone payments of up to $4125 million

bull Represented ORTHOVITA INC in its agreement to be acquired by Stryker Corp for $316 million

bull Represented CEPTARIS THERAPEUTICS in its acquisition by Actelion for $250 million cash plus undisclosed milestone payments and sales earnouts OFFICE LOCATIONS AND REACH

bull Represented AVEE LABORATORIES in its $118 million sale to Alere Inc

bull Represented INOVIO PHARMACEUTICALS INC in its public offering of 10925000 shares of its common stock for total gross proceeds of $874 million

bull Represented IROKO PHARMACEUTICALS in connection with a cross-border $75 million debt financing

bull Obtained a $65 million plus settlement on behalf of TEKMIRA PHARMACEUTICALS CORP from Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc and AlCana Technologies Inc in connection with alleged misappropriation of Tekmirarsquos trade secrets related to gene-silencing therapeutics

bull

bull

Representing MARINUS PHARMACEUTICALS INC in an

Represented KINDSTAR DIAGNOSTICS CO LTD In

UNITED STATES Atlanta Miami Austin New York Baltimore Newark Boca Raton Philadelphia Boston Pittsburgh

INTERNATIONAL Hanoi Oman Ho Chi Minh City Shanghai London Singapore Myanmar Taiwan

IPO of shares of its common stock for a maximum of $46 Cherry Hill San Diego gt Joint ventures in Myanmar Chicago San Francisco Oman Shanghai and Singaporemillion which increased the size of the companyrsquos Phase IIb

clinical trial for subjects with focal onset seizures Houston Silicon Valley gt Alliances in Mexico and Sri LankaLake Tahoe Washington DC gt Leadership positions with Las Vegas Wilmington international networks of

independent law firms agreements to obtain rights to various diagnostic tests Los Angeles and technology in China including agreements with Mayo Medical Laboratories BG Medicine Pathwork Diagnostics TessArae BioView and Singulex

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT Representing MORTON GROVE PHARMACEUTICALS INC RICHARD L THURSTON PHD Of Counsel and WOCKHARDT USA LLC in a request to the US Supreme Duane Morris LLP Court to review a Pennsylvania appellate court ruling that P 2124711873 | rlthurstonduanemorriscom the product liability claims of thousands of generic Reglan users were not necessarily preempted by federal law

This publication is for general information and does not include full legal analysis of the

bull

bull Represented WRIGHT MEDICAL in patent litigation concerning orthopedic surgery

matters presented It should not be construed or relied upon as legal advice or legal opinion on any specific facts or circumstances The invitation to contact the attorneys in

bull Represented defendants CVS PHARMACY INC and our firm is not a solicitation to provide professional services and should not be construed as a statement as to any availability to perform legal services in any jurisdiction in which such attorney is not permitted to practice

WALGREEN COMPANY in a patent infringement suit related to a generic product wwwduanemorriscom | copy Duane Morris LLP 2018 | January 2018

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