Life Sciences

Notable deals and highlights

• Advising Roche Products Limited on its contributions unlicensed medicines for treatment for and help with management of the Covid-19 virus, including various aspects of the clinical trials processes. In addition to this, Our Life Sciences team have also continued to support oncology and ophthalmology medications, labelling Brexit and export control issues as the medical giant navigate new challenges. Our team also advised Roche Products on two research collaboration agreements.
• Advised Ultromics, a leader in AI enabled cardiovascular imaging solutions, on its Series B funding round led by the Blue Venture Fund with participation from Optum Ventures, GV, and existing investor Oxford Sciences Innovation, to help transform cardiac disease treatment. Fieldfisher advised UK headquartered MedTech company Ultromics, a leader in AI enabled cardiovascular imaging solutions, on its Series B funding round led by the Blue Venture Fund with participation from Optum Ventures, GV, and existing investor Oxford Sciences Innovation, to help transform cardiac disease treatment.
• We further advised Ultromics on complex contracts in relation to them winning a competition for a phase 3 and phase 4 grant sponsored by the NHS and related bodies to implement AI technology into the NHS and the deals generated a number of press articles:
• Ultromics raises $33M in Series B funding to help transform cardiac disease treatment - Ultromics
• Ultromics Raises $33M in Series B Funding to Help Transform Cardiac Disease Treatment (prnewswire.com)
• Fieldfisher advises Ultromics on $33 million Series B funding | Fieldfisher
•  Advised Synairgen in relation to a Phase III Clinical Trial for their interferon Beta therapeutic inhaled treatment for Covid-19. We advised Synairgen in relation to a Phase III Clinical Trial for their interferon Beta therapeutic inhaled treatment for covid-19, which completed on 10 February 2022. In addition to this, we also advised Synairgen on a major fundraising primarily intended to enable them to progress with the Phase III clinical trials, enrolling participants across multiple countries, and fund manufacturing and device scale-up activities. The transaction was one of largest public fundraisings in the biotech sector for several years and followed a £14 million fundraising Fieldfisher advised the company on in March 2020.