The Life Sciences team advised Ascidian Therapeutics (Ascidian) on entering into a global research collaboration and licensing agreement with Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) to discover and develop therapies for undisclosed monogenic kidney diseases, with the option to expand to additional targets. Under the agreement, Lilly will receive exclusive, target-specific rights to Ascidian’s RNA exon editing technology for undisclosed kidney disease targets.