Merck is acquiring Peloton Therapeutics for $1 billion in cash to gain access to a treatment the company is developing for kidney cancer.
Peloton had previously filed to go public, before agreeing to be acquired.said on Tuesday it would buy Peloton Therapeutics for $1.05 billion in cash to gain access to the privately held company's renal cancer drug candidate.
The company's lead drug candidate, PT2977, will be studied in a late-stage study for treating renal cell carcinoma. Peloton shareholders will be eligible to receive a further $1.15 billion on achieving certain milestones. The company had been looking to go public and gave a pricing range of $15 to $17 per share for its initial public offering last week.Credit Suisse acted as financial adviser for Merck and Covington & Burling LLP as its legal adviser. Centerview Partners was financial adviser to Peloton and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati was its legal adviser.
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