Terns Pharmaceuticals

Terns Pharmaceuticals

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TERN · Stock Price

USD 52.95+49.91 (+1641.78%)
Market Cap: $6.1B

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Overview

Terns Pharmaceuticals is a publicly traded, clinical-stage biotech company with a mission to advance transformative medicines by reimagining known biology. Its core strategy involves selecting de-risked, clinically validated targets and applying innovative medicinal chemistry to develop potentially best-in-class small-molecule drugs. The company's most significant achievement is the advancement of TERN-701 for CML, which has culminated in a definitive acquisition agreement with Merck, validating its platform and pipeline. Terns operates with a focused, agile team and a culture designed to accelerate development timelines in high-need therapeutic areas.

OncologyMetabolic Diseases

Technology Platform

A targeted development platform focused on selecting clinically validated biological mechanisms and applying innovative medicinal chemistry to create potentially best-in-class small-molecule therapies.

Pipeline

5
5 drugs in pipeline
DrugIndicationStageWatch
TERN-501 + TERN-101NASH - Nonalcoholic SteatohepatitisPhase 2
TERN-101NASH - Nonalcoholic SteatohepatitisPhase 2
TERN-601Overweight or ObesityPhase 2
TERN-701Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Chronic PhasePhase 1/2
TERN-201NASH - Nonalcoholic SteatohepatitisPhase 1

Funding History

3
Total raised:$210M
IPO$100M
Series B$80M
Series A$30M

Opportunities

The pending acquisition by Merck provides full resources for TERN-701's Phase 3 development and global commercialization in a large CML market with unmet needs.
Earlier-stage metabolic and oncology programs gain a secure development path within a major pharma, tapping into massive markets like obesity.

Risk Factors

Primary risks include the acquisition failing to close and clinical failure of the lead asset TERN-701 in Phase 3.
The company also faces intense competition in CML from Novartis's asciminib and earlier-stage pipeline uncertainty.

Competitive Landscape

TERN-701 competes directly with Novartis's allosteric inhibitor asciminib in CML, requiring clear differentiation. In obesity/metabolic disease, the landscape is dominated by GLP-1 agonists from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly. Terns' asset-centric model competes for investment against broader platform technologies.