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> Record changed: 2026-11-04

# Terns, Inc.

Headquarters country

United States

Source: [search.gleif.org](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/254900S1ZDQMF4MYP709)

Registry sponsor category

Industry

Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04328077)

## Names and classification

**Other names**

- Terns, Inc., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. (Rahway, New Jersey USA)

**Company name**

Terns, Inc.

Source: [search.gleif.org](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/254900S1ZDQMF4MYP709)

**Organisation type**

Industry

Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04328077)

**Registered legal name**

TERNS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Source: [search.gleif.org](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/254900S1ZDQMF4MYP709)

**Registry sponsor category**

Industry

Source: [clinicaltrials.gov](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04328077)

## Location and listing

**Headquarters country**

United States

Source: [search.gleif.org](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/254900S1ZDQMF4MYP709)

**Publicly traded (proxy)**

No

**Listing at source**

Listed

## Identifiers

**Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)**

254900S1ZDQMF4MYP709

Source: [search.gleif.org](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/254900S1ZDQMF4MYP709)

## Parent company

## Related records

### Parent companies (1)

- Merck Ltd. Direct parent

### Trials (7)

- A Clinical Study of MK-4208/TERN-701 in Participants With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) (MK-4208-003/Tern701-1012/CARDINAL)
- A Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of TERN-601 in Adults With Overweight or Obesity
- A Clinical Trial to Evaluate \[14C\]-MK-4208/\[14C\]-TERN-701 in Healthy Adult Male Participants (MK-4208-002/TERN701-1016)
- [A Clinical Trial to Evaluate MK-4208/Embibatinib in Healthy Adult Participants (MK-4208-001/Embibatinib-1014)](https://trialight.com/data/trial/a-clinical-trial-to-evaluate-mk-4208-embibatinib-in-healthy-7e3461de-b189-4af2-af82-5175294701bc.md)
- AVIATION Study: A Safety, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Preliminary Efficacy Study of TERN-201 in Patients With Non-Cirrhotic Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
- DUET Study: A Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety, Efficacy, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Orally Administered TERN-501 as Monotherapy and in Combination With TERN-101 in Noncirrhotic Adults With Presumed Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
- LIFT Study: A Safety, Tolerability, Efficacy, and Pharmacokinetics Study of TERN-101 in Subjects With Non-Cirrhotic Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

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