Moderna, Merck climb on collaboration with Tempus

Moderna

07/10/2026 17:33

 ** Pharmaceutical companies Moderna MRNA.O and Merck MRK.O climb 3.25% to $193.56 and 1.46% to $144.01, respectively 
** AI healthcare technology company Tempus TEM.O announces multi-year collaboration with the firms to support the potential commercialization of intismeran autogene, an experimental personalized mRNA cancer treatment developed by Moderna and Merck
** TEM says it will manage the collection and transfer of tumor tissue and blood samples needed for next-generation sequencing
** To provide sequencing services to support the therapy's design and manufacturing, subject to regulatory approvals - TEM 
** The financial terms of the collaboration were not disclosed
** TEM shares down 0.71% as part of a broader decline in AI stocks
** Including last session's move, MRNA and MRK up 553.10% and 36.61% respectively

(Reporting by Jayasree Prabhu)
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