Ropes & Gray Represents Asimov in Strategic Collaboration with Lonza

In The News
October 5, 2026

Ropes & Gray represented Asimov in a strategic collaboration with Lonza to advance lentiviral vector (LVV) manufacturing for emerging in vivo applications. The deal was announced on October 2, 2026.

Asimov is building an AI-native synthetic biology platform to advance therapeutic development. The company is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, CPP Investments, Horizons Ventures, and Fidelity Management & Research Company.

The Ropes & Gray team was led by life sciences partner Rajarshi Banerjee and intellectual property transactions associate Zoe Dettelbach.