Merck (MSD) Completes Acquisition of Harpoon Therapeutics for ~USD$650M

Mar 11, 2024

On 11 March 2024, Merck (MSD) announced the completion of the acquisition of Harpoon Therapeutics for about USD $650M with the aim of augmenting and diversifying their oncology pipeline.  Harpoon’s lead candidate is MK-6070 and its safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics profile is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial (NCT04471727) in patients with advanced cancers.