Close the acquisition of Prometheus Biosciences
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 27 Apr 2023
- Due
- 30 Sep 2023
- Delivered
- June 2023
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2023, subject to Prometheus shareholder approval and certain conditions.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
Merck successfully completed the acquisition of Prometheus Biosciences in June 2023, which falls within the third quarter of 2023 deadline.
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A Merck & Co., Inc. 10-Q filed 2024-08-05
“In June 2023, Merck acquired Prometheus Biosciences, Inc. (Prometheus)” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +0.3% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (2 Aug 2024 to 7 Aug 2024). What this measures
Checked 5 Oct 2026.
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Acquisition close
- Indicative materiality
- High rules
- Action
- Close
- Deliverable
- Acquisition of Prometheus Biosciences
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Conditional
- Yes: subject to Prometheus shareholder approval and certain conditions
- Depends on
- Shareholder, Regulatory
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
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