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 ...

At 10 years, more than one-third (34.0%) of patients with advanced melanoma were alive after treatment with KEYTRUDA, compared to 23.6% of patients treated with ipilimumab RAHWAY, N.J., September ...

The company (MRK) said the approval is the first for Keytruda to treat MPM in the U.S. and is in combination with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy. MPM is a rare and aggressive malignancy ...

In 2021, the FDA blasted Merck for using a premature endpoint to pursue a Keytruda approval in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Now, the PD-1 inhibitor has gold-standard overall ...

Merck’s (NYSE:MRK) anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda as part of a combination regimen with Eisai’s (OTCPK:ESALF) (OTCPK:ESAIY) Lenvima has reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 34% in a ...

At the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress on September 13–17, promising results from the Phase III KEYNOTE-522 study involving MSD's neoadjuvant Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus ...

Merck (NYSE:MRK) announced Saturday that its anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab) as part of a combination regimen reduced the risk of death by 20% as a first-line option for certain ...

The overall response rate was significantly higher for Keytruda plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone (52% versus 29%). The approval marks first indication for Keytruda in MPM in the US ...

Keytruda plus chemo has been approved for unresectable advanced or metastatic malignant pleural mesothelioma based on findings from the KEYNOTE-483 trial. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Patients with previously untreated, high-risk locally advanced cervical cancer experienced improved survival when treated with Keytruda plus chemoradiotherapy. Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus ...