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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

Wednesday, the FDA approved Merck & Co Inc’s (NYSE:MRK) Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in combination with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with ...

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.

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 ...

(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 (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 & 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 ...