Bristol-Myers Squibb and Ono Pharmaceutical on Friday announced that they have reached an agreement with Merck & Co. to settle patent-infringement litigation regarding the latter's PD-1 antibody Keytruda (pembrolizumab).
In what could see another use added to Merck & Co.’s immuno-oncology star Keytruda, the checkpoint inhibitor is set for testing in glioblastoma as part of a combo with Agenus’ cancer vaccine Prophage.