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Merck (MRK) and Ridgeback Announce Additional Purchase of 1.4M Courses of Molnupiravir by the US Government
November 9, 2021 6:04 AM ESTMerck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics today announced that the United States government will exercise two of its options to purchase a total of 1.4 million additional courses of molnupiravir, an investigational oral antiviral medicine, if the medicine is granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) or approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for approximately $1 billion. With these exercised options, the U.S. government has now committed to purchase a total of approximately 3.1 million courses of molnupiravir, for approximately $2.2 billion, between authorization and... More
Merck (MRK) Acquisition of Acceleron Pharma Cleared by Antitrust Authorities in Germany and Austria
November 8, 2021 4:32 PM ESTMerck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that its pending acquisition of Acceleron Pharma Inc. (Nasdaq: XLRN) has been cleared by the competition authorities in Germany and Austria.
As previously announced on October 12, 2021, Merck commenced, through a subsidiary, a cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Acceleron, for $180 in cash, without interest and less any required tax withholding. The receipt of antitrust clearance from the competition authorities in Germany and Austria satisfies one of the... More

