Keytruda (pembrolizumab) is a prescription drug that’s used to treat certain forms of cancer. Keytruda comes as an intravenous (IV) infusion (an injection into your vein given over time).

Keytruda in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer led to immune-related adverse effects, including severe GI issues and ...

Padcev may be given alone or in combination with pembrolizumab (Keytruda). In Padcev clinical trials, the more common side effects differed depending on the treatment received. These are just a ...

Vaccines are the original immunotherapy, in the view of Ryan Sullivan, a cancer immunotherapy researcher and oncologist at ...

While some of the initial excitement around immunotherapies has waned, companies—particularly smaller biotechs—are developing ...

Merck has said it will abandon the KEYNOTE-991 study of PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab ... but was associated with considerable side effects that forced a change in dosing regimen.

Notably, 20.8% of patients who received ivonescimab experienced serious treatment-related side effects vs. 16.1% of Keytruda ...

Lastly, the growing success of Keytruda has increased the firm's dependence on the drug for growth, which could become problematic if any side effects show up or new therapies emerge quickly in ...

Keytruda is used mainly with four cycles of ... That should stave off some of chemo’s side effects, but as the checkpoint inhibitors – and particularly Yervoy – have their own tolerability ...

Keytruda is now free for eligible patients ... We're talking about 'low toxicity' medicines, which don't have a lot of bad side effects. "That's going to reduce pressure on cancer services." ...

After her chemotherapy is finished, Hillen will undergo surgery to remove her tumor, followed by radiation and a year of the immunotherapy drug Keytruda ... come with side effects, including ...