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 ...

(RTTNews) - Merck & Co Inc. (MRK) on Thursday said that Health Canada has granted approval of Keytruda as a monotherapy to treat patients with unresectable or metastatic microsatellite instability ...

The trial, which took place in China, was hotly anticipated as Keytruda has been the standard of care in this lucrative setting since its approval in 2017. Approximately 80% of patients have a PD ...

Among patients with high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma, postsurgical Keytruda extended the time some lived without signs of cancer. Patients with high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial ...

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 ...

The story — and the transformative impact — of Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo and Merck’s Keytruda are well known at this point. Yet the field has also been in a moment of commemoration ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...