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State Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for 2025-01-14 ( 16 items )  
Ameresco to Deliver Energy Resiliency and Net-Zero Solutions at U.S. General Services Administration's Denver Federal Center (10)
FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2025: * * * The $183 million project modernizes campus infrastructure with cost-saving measures, integrates renewable energy generation, and advances decarbonization efforts. * * * Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced the execu more PR

Eli Lilly to Acquire Scorpion Therapeutics and Its PI3KAlpha Cancer Program in Deal Valued at Up to $2.5 Billion (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 13 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray advised Eli Lilly in an agreement to acquire Scorpion Therapeutics and its oral therapy, STX-478, which is being tested in clinical trials for breast cancer and other advanced solid tumors. The therapy is designed to inhibit mutations in the PI3KAlpha gene that occur in a meaningful proportion of hormone-positive breast cancers, where a significant unmet need for new treatments exists. The deal more PR

Goodwin Advises Enfusion in $1.5 Billion Acquisition by Clearwater Analytics (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Goodwin Public M&A and Technology teams advised Enfusion (NYSE: ENFN), a leader in software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for the investment management and hedge fund industry, on its sale to Clearwater Analytics (NYSE: CWAN). The purchase price is $11.25 per share, delivered in an approximately equal mix of cash and stock. Additionally, Clearwater will pay $30 million to terminate Enfusion's tax recei more PR

Goodwin Advises Kelun Biotech and Harbour BioMed on License Agreement With Windward Bio for an Anti-TSLP Fully Human Antibody for Immunological Diseases for Up to $970 Million Upfront and in Milestone Payments (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Life Sciences team advised Sichuan Kelun Biotech BioPharmaceutical ("Kelun-Biotech") and Harbour BioMed and in a license agreement with Windward Bio AG ("Windward Bio") for HBM9378/SKB378, an anti-thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) fully human monoclonal antibody co-developed by Kelun-Biotech and Harbour BioMed. Under the terms of the agreement, Windward Bio is granted an exclusive license to research more PR

Goodwin Expands Global Antitrust and EU Regulatory Footprint With New Brussels Office and Adds Top Competition Law Expert Stephen Mavroghenis (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2025: Goodwin announced today the opening of a new office in Brussels, the epicenter for EU policy, legislation and enforcement. Together with Goodwin's existing US and UK-based Antitrust and Competition teams, the office will expand the firm's capability to serve as a one-stop shop for its global clients. The firm also announced that leading EU and UK competition law lawyer Stephen Mavroghenis more PR

IDRx to Be Acquired by GSK for $1 Billion Upfront, And Additional $150 Million in Milestones (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Public M&A and Life Sciences teams advised IDRx, Inc. on its agreement to be acquired by GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) for $1 billion upfront, with potential for an additional $150 million success-based regulatory approval milestone payment. The acquisition includes lead molecule, IDRX-42, a highly selective KIT TKI being developed as a first- and second-line therapy for the treatment of GIST. IDRX-42 is a h more PR

Leading PTAB Expert Theodoros Konstantakopoulos Joins Goodwin's Intellectual Property Litigation Practice in New York (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2025: Goodwin today announced that Dr. Theodoros Konstantakopoulos has joined the firm's Intellectual Property practice, as a partner in the New York office. "Having experienced counsel familiar with the nuances and complexities of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is essential," said Elaine Blais, co-chair of Goodwin's Intellectual Property Litigation practice. "Theodoros's technical expertise more PR

Mintz Strengthens Private Equity Team With New Member (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 13 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz announces that Daniel Cowan has joined as a Private Equity Member in the firm's Boston office. Dan represents private equity funds, portfolio companies, strategic investors, and asset managers in complex business transactions and general corporate matters. He focuses his practice on middle-market deals involving the retail and consumer products, financial services, technology, and health care sectors.  more PR

MIT: Designing Tiny Filters to Solve Big Problems (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * By developing new materials for separating a mixture's components, Zachary Smith hopes to reduce costs and environmental impact across many U.S. industries. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News For many industrial processes, the typical way to separate gases, liquids, or ions is with heat, using slight differences in boiling points to purify mixtures. These thermal processes a more PR

MIT: Study Shows How Households Can Cut Energy Costs (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 (TNSjou) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Jan. 13, 2025: * * * An experiment in Amsterdam suggests providing better information to people can help move them out of "energy poverty." * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News Many people around the globe are living in energy poverty, meaning they spend at least 8 percent of their annual household income on energy. Addressing this problem is not simple, but an experiment by MIT more PR

MIT: X-ray Flashes From a Nearby Supermassive Black Hole Accelerate Mysteriously (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Jan. 13, 2025: * * * Their source could be the core of a dead star that's teetering at the black hole's edge, MIT astronomers report. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News One supermassive black hole has kept astronomers glued to their scopes for the last several years. First came a surprise disappearance, and now, a precarious spinning act. The black hole in question is 1ES 1927+ more PR

Novo Holdings A/S, Bpifrance, Invus and UI Investissement Invest in the Euros32 Million Series A Financing of Coave Therapeutics (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: Our Paris Technology team advised Novo Holdings A/S, Bpifrance, Invus and UI Investissement on their investment in the Euros32 million Series A financing of Coave Therapeutics, a company pioneering the future of genetic medicines. The round was co-led by Novo Holdings A/S and Bpifrance, with participation from Invus and UI Investissement, alongside existing investors Seroba Life Sciences, Fund+, Kurma Par more PR

Nutter Expands Firm With Partner Matthew E. Lane (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 13 -- Nutter, a law firm, issued the following news release: Nutter announced the continued expansion of its highly regarded Real Estate and corporate practices with the addition of Matthew E. Lane as a partner in its Boston office. Lane has a broad-based practice representing clients in joint ventures, real estate private equity, mergers and acquisitions, general business transactions, and corporate governance. "Matt's arrival reinforces our commitment to our natio more PR

Royalty Pharma to Acquire Its External Manager in a Transaction Valued at $1.1 Billion (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: Goodwin's Public M&A team advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as financial advisor to Royalty Pharma plc ("Royalty Pharma", NASDAQ: RPPX) as it entered into an agreement to acquire its external manager, RP Management, LLC ("RP Management"), in a transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Royalty Pharma will pay $200 million in cash (inclusive of management fees payable more PR

Vanasse Hangen Brustlin: David Quart Participates in ULI Panel on Affordable Housing Solutions (10)
WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, issued the following news: * * * Exploring innovative strategies to address the housing crisis through collaboration. * * * Communities nationwide are focused on solving the housing affordability crisis. At the 2024 Urban Land Institute (ULI) Fall Meeting, David Quart, VHB Northeast Real Estate Market Leader, participated  more PR

Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Grew 6.4% in 2024, Despite Macro Challenges According to IDC (10)
NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 (TNSres) -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: * * * Despite Global Economic Uncertainty, there is Cause for Optimism in 2025 * * * According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, global smartphone shipments increased 2.4% year-over-year (YoY) to 331.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2024 (4Q24). This m more PR