Merck wins 1st FDA approval for Keytruda
Merck wins first FDA approval for Keytruda as a treatment for mesothelioma
Merck & Co. Inc. said Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda as a treatment for malignant plural mesothelioma, a rare cancer associated with asbestos.
Merck's Keytruda Secures First FDA-Approval For Rare Form Aggressive Cancer
Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in combination with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM).
Merck: KEYTRUDA Plus Chemotherapy Gets FDA Approval For Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma In Adults
Drug major Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) announced Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its anti-PD-1 therapy
Merck's Keytruda Obtains its First FDA Approval for Mesothelioma
Merck & Co., Inc. MRK announced that the FDA had approved its blockbuster anti-PD-1 therapy, Keytruda (pembrolizumab), for a new indication. The regulatory body has now approved Keytruda in combination with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM).
Merck’s Keytruda label expanded in the U.S. for mesothelioma
Merck (NYSE:MRK) announced Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a label expansion for its blockbuster therapy Keytruda to allow its use as a first-line combination therapy for mesothelioma,
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MRK Gets Positive CHMP Nod for Keytruda in Two Gynecologic Cancers
Merck & Co., Inc. MRK announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) has rendered a positive opinion recommending marketing ...
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Keytruda beaten by Summit’s bispecific in NSCLC
Summit Therapeutics and Akeso published results for the Phase III HARMONi-2 trial, which tested ivonescimab, a bispecific ...
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Despite Win Over Keytruda, Summit’s NSCLC Bispecific Still Has Something to Prove
Summit Therapeutics’ ivonescimab has the potential to challenge Merck’s blockbuster checkpoint inhibitor in non-small cell ...
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Keytruda Improves Disease-Free Survival in Some With Urothelial Carcinoma
Among patients with high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma, postsurgical Keytruda extended the time some lived ...
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ESMO: Merck unpacks a mixed bag of gynecological cancer results for Keytruda
Even for Merck’s oncology powerhouse Keytruda, the emerging role of immunotherapies in gynecological cancer treatment ...
Post-Op Keytruda Boosts Bladder Cancer Outcomes
Folks with "high-risk" bladder cancers -- tumors that had already invaded nearby muscle -- doubled the time they were ...
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Keytruda Plus Chemoradiotherapy May Represent New Standard of Care in Cervical Cancer Subset
Patients with previously untreated, high-risk locally advanced cervical cancer experienced improved survival when treated ...
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ESMO: With survival win, Merck's Keytruda redeems itself in early triple-negative breast cancer
In 2021, the FDA blasted Merck for using a premature endpoint to pursue a Keytruda approval in early-stage triple-negative ...
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EU CHMP recommends approval of Merck’s Keytruda regimens as treatment for patients with two types of gynaecologic cancers
EU CHMP recommends approval of Merck’s Keytruda regimens as treatment for patients with two types of gynaecologic cancers ...
Merck Gets European Panel Backing for Keytruda in Two Gynecologic Cancers
Merck & Co. said a European Medicines Agency panel recommended expanded approval of the drugmaker's blockbuster cancer treatment Keytruda in two types of gynecologic cancers.
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This experimental lung cancer drug outperforms blockbuster medicine Keytruda. But there’s a catch
In head-to-head clinical trial, Chinese firm Akeso’s ivonescimab beat top-selling drug pembrolizumab sold as Keytruda by ...