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.

The approval marks first indication for Keytruda in MPM in the US, MPM is a rare, aggressive cancer around the lining of the lungs and chest Wednesday, the FDA approved Merck & Co Inc’s MRK ...

What’s next for Akeso and Summit Therapeutics after their cancer immunotherapy outperformed Merck’s Keytruda in a large Phase 3 clinical trial? Who’s the iconoclastic outsider behind Summit ...

Merck (NYSE: MRK) is a top pharmaceutical company coming off a good quarter that shows it is growing its top and bottom lines. Even with that growth, the stock still trades at a fairly modest ...

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 ...

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 ...

Merck MRK announced that a phase study evaluating its Daiichi Sankyo-partnered HER3-directed DXd antibody drug conjugate (ADC), patritumab deruxtecan, for treating EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung ...

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use recommends marketing approval for Merck's Keytruda for treating two types of gynecologic cancers. The FDA approves MRK's Keytruda for first-line ...

Merck & Co.’s best-selling drug Keytruda helped women with a hard-to-treat form of breast cancer live longer, according to the first study to show such a benefit in these patients. After five ...

LITESPARK-005 is part of Merck’s development program for Welireg comprised of four phase 3 trials in RCC, in which the company is evaluating Welireg in new combinations with other medicines ...

Blockbuster cancer drug combined with chemotherapy improved survival rates in a Phase 3 trial Merck & Co. Inc. said Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its blockbuster ...