Ropes & Gray Advises FibroGen in $160 Million Sale of Fibrogen China to AstraZeneca

In The News
March 6, 2025

Ropes & Gray represented FibroGen in the sale of its China subsidiary, Fibrogen China, to AstraZeneca for approximately $160 million. The transaction was announced in a Feb. 20 press release.

FibroGen, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on development of novel therapies at the frontiers of cancer biology and anemia. 

The Ropes & Gray team that advised Fibrogen was led by mergers & acquisitions partner Arthur Mok and associate Reed Harasimowicz, litigation & enforcement partner Lisa Kaltenbrunner, tax partner Benjamin Rogers, private equity partner Oliver Nip, IP transactions partner Geoffrey Lin, executive compensation & employee benefits partner Ellen Sueda, and life sciences partner Katherine Wang.