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Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Industry:   Health Care - Major Pharmaceuticals Stock Symbol:   MACK - NASDAQ Animal Usage:   Animal Testing

Our Opinion

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is on the Cruelty Free Investing list for exploiting animals because the company does animal testing for some of their medical analysis and clinical research.

Supporting Evidence:

The company stated in the following press release that they conduct pre-clinical trials of their drugs on animals.

“Based on animal data with irinotecan HCl and the mechanism of action of ONIVYDE, ONIVYDE can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman.” Read the following article

Company Description

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in discovering, developing and preparing to commercialize innovative medicines consisting of novel therapeutics paired with diagnostics for the treatment of cancer. Its offers its first commercial product, Onivyde, which is a novel encapsulation of the marketed chemotherapy drug irinotecan in liposomal formulation. The company was founded by Anthony J. Sinskey, Gavin MacBeath and Ulrik B. Nielsen in 1993 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. [Source: MarketWatch]

Company Website: http://www.merrimack.com

Contact:   http://www.merrimack.com/about/contact; IR: ggrande@merrimackpharma.com;