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 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 ...

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) ...

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 & 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 ...

Folks with "high-risk" bladder cancers -- tumors that had already invaded nearby muscle -- doubled the time they were ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 & 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 ...