Cullen G. Taylor | Northern Virginia | Hogan Lovells

Cullen G. Taylor

Partner Intellectual Property

Languages

English, Spanish

Taylor Cullen

Cullen G. Taylor
Taylor Cullen
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Cullen Taylor helps life sciences companies structure and negotiate their most complex agreements, particularly those involving the development, acquisition, and commercialization of intellectual property and technology. Cullen takes a practical, results-oriented approach to transactions, drawing on his broad experience to anticipate and address problems before they arise.

Cullen understands the legal and commercial risks that arise as parties enter, live under, and exit long-term partnering arrangements. Cullen is skilled at structuring and drafting contracts that address these concerns while keeping the client's business goals at front and center.

Cullen handles a variety of transactions within the life sciences industry, including product acquisition, licensing, research and development, collaboration, co-promotion, supply, and distribution agreements. His clients include pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and device and diagnostics manufacturers with products and therapies at all stages of development. Cullen is often called upon to advise such clients on discovering, developing, and acquiring cutting-edge therapies and innovative technologies.

Cullen is head of the firm's Life Sciences Licensing and Commercial Transactions team. He regularly collaborates with his colleagues in the firm's Corporate and Regulatory practices to address intellectual property and technology-related issues that arise in corporate transactions and in the product approval process, and has advised a number of clients on licensing matters in relation to the recently implemented Inflation Reduction Act.

Cullen was named Licensing and Collaboration Attorney of the Year by IMG life Sciences in 2024, and his team’s work on Daiichi Sankyo’s out-license of three DXD ADCs was awarded Impact Deal of the Year by LMG Life Sciences in 2024.

Representative experience

Representing Daiichi Sankyo in its out-license of three DXD anti-body drug conjugates (named Impact Deal of the Year by LMG Life Sciences in 2024).
Representing CereVasc on the China out-license of its eShunt device to Lian Medical.

Representing Gilead Sciences in its collaboration with Dragonfly Therapeutics to develop and commercialize natural killer cell engagers in oncology and inflammation.

Representing Daiichi Sankyo in its collaboration with AstraZeneca to develop and commercialize Daiichi Sankyo's DS-1062, a potential treatment for multiple tumor types.

Representing Modex Therapeutics in its license and research collaboration with a multinational pharmaceutical company for the development of MDX-2201, Modex’s preclinical nanoparticle vaccine candidate targeting Epstein-Barr virus.

Representing BMS on its in-license from Rockefeller University of monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of COVID-19

Representing Gilead Sciences and Kite Pharma in a collaboration and license arrangement with oNKo-Innate to develop next-generation drug and engineered cell therapies focused on natural killer cells.

Representing Gilead Sciences in its collaboration with Yuhan Corporation to co-develop novel therapeutics for patients with advanced fibrosis due to NASH.

Representing Incyte Corporation in its license and collaboration agreement with MacroGenics relating to an anti-PD-1 antibody.

Representing multiple pharmaceutical companies and diagnostics manufacturers in collaboration agreements to develop companion diagnostics for drug products.

Representing Regeneron in a genomics collaboration with Geisinger Health Systems.

Representing Helsinn Healthcare in connection with license and collaboration agreements with MEI Pharma and Taiho Pharmaceuticals.

Representing Cormedix in various license, collaboration, supply, and distribution agreements relating to its Neutrolin product.

Representing Daiichi Sankyo in its co-commercialization agreement with AstraZeneca relating to MOVANTIK in the United States.

Representing Novartis in the sale of its animal health business to Eli Lilly for approximately US$5.4bn.

Credentials

Education
  • J.D., Harvard Law School, 2000
  • B.A., University of Virginia, with distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, 1997
Bar admissions and qualifications
  • Virginia
Memberships
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Virginia Bar Association

Recognition

Licensing and Collaboration Attorney of the Year

LMG Life Sciences

2024
IP Star - Transactions Star

Managing IP

2023, 2024
Healthcare: Life Sciences, Recommended

Legal 500

2024
Shortlisted for Licensing and Collaboration Attorney of the Year

LMG Life Sciences

2022
Ranked Practitioner, Licensing and Collaborations

LMG Life Sciences

2022
Practitioner of the Year (IP Transactions)

Managing IP

2021
Media, Technology, and Telecoms: Technology Transactions

Legal 500 US

2019
BTI Client Service All-Star

BTI Consulting Group

2017
Rising Star

Virginia Super Lawyers

2008, 2010, 2015, 2019
Rising Star

Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers

2015
Intellectual Property

Virginia Legal Elite

2011
Young Lawyer

Virginia Legal Elite

2010
Health Law

Virginia Legal Elite

2009