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MRK FDA Decision outcome unverified · 2025-06-09

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Price into the decision (T-120)

PDUFA 6/9/25$102$73.4712/23/24
Daily close, T-120 (12/23/24) through T+5. Run-up high $102 on 12/24/24, low $73.47 on 5/15/25 (T-120 to T-1). FDA decision 6/9/25. Historical price action, not a forecast.
Positioning before the decision
On May 30, 2025, 14 days before the decision date, at-the-money options priced a move of ±6.9% through Jun 20, 2025 (the first listed expiry after the decision; ATM implied volatility 36%). The stock closed -0.1% at the first close across the decision and -2.4% five trading days on. A straddle priced weeks out covers ordinary movement plus the event, so this is the move the options market priced through that expiry, not the event-implied move alone. How this compares across 1,000+ decisions.

Decision facts

FDA decision date2025-06-09
OutcomeUnconfirmed · price consistent with approval~ price-only (validating)
Decision-day move+0.5%
T-120 run-up (low→high)+6.0% ($73.47→$95.23)
ValidationOutcome consistent with price; primary-source verification in progress.
Market-cap tierLarge
Cohort decision-day move (history)1.0% median (n=835)

Cohort move is the historical median absolute decision-day move for this market-cap tier across our run-up study. History, not a prediction.

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