Merrimack Pharmaceuticals

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Company typePublic
Nasdaq: MACK
Russell Microcap Index component
IndustryPharmaceuticals
Founded2000 (2000) in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Headquarters,
United States
Number of employees
426 (2016)
Websitemerrimack.com

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. They specialize in developing drugs for the treatment of cancer.

Merrimack's first FDA-approved drug was approved in 2015; Onivyde, a liposome encapsulated version of irinotecan is used for treating pancreatic adenocarcinoma. It was approved for use in the European Union the following year.