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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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 ...
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Merck's Keytruda Secures First FDA-Approval For Rare Form Aggressive Cancer
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 ...
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Merck: KEYTRUDA Plus Chemotherapy Gets FDA Approval For Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma In Adults
(RTTNews) - Drug major Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) announced Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its anti-PD-1 therapy KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab), in combination with ...
Merck & Company Buy Rating Justified by Keytruda’s Performance and Gardasil’s Market Potential
Charlie CY Yang, an analyst from Bank of America Securities, maintained the Buy rating on Merck & Company (MRK – Research Report).
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Keytruda keys in on survival: Promising results in high-risk early-stage TNBC from KEYNOTE-522
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 ...
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FDA Approves Keytruda Plus Chemo for Pleural Mesothelioma Subset
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) ...
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Presurgical Keytruda-Chemo Combo With Postsurgical Keytruda May Improve Survival in Early TNBC
Patients with early triple-negative breast cancer had improved survival outcomes after receiving presurgical Keytruda plus chemotherapy and postsurgical Keytruda. Patients with early-stage ...
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Ten-Year Data for Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Demonstrates Sustained Overall Survival Benefit Versus Ipilimumab in Advanced Melanoma
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 ...
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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 breast cancer (TNBC). Now, the PD-1 inhibitor has gold-standard overall ...
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Merck Keytruda cuts mortality risk by 33% in late-stage trial for cervical cancer
Merck (NYSE:MRK) announced Saturday that its ant-PD-1 therapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab) reached the main goal in a Phase 3 trial with chemoradiotherapy in patients with cervical cancer, cutting ...
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Merck's Keytruda flunks pivotal studies in early-stage lung and skin cancers
A Merck & Co. effort to move its PD-1 behemoth Keytruda into early treatment of lung cancer has reached a dead end, along with another bid to expand into a type of early-stage skin cancer.