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Keytruda has a blockbuster market not factored into Merck’s forecasts—China
fiercepharma
March 18, 2019
Merck & Co.’s Keytruda is already the best-selling immuno-oncology drug on the market, but as one group of analysts sees it, the drug still has one key upside opportunity that’s not yet calculated into forecasts: the Chinese market.
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Merck's Keytruda hits the skids in pivotal trial, putting its liver cancer nod at risk
fiercepharma
February 24, 2019
Merck & Co.’s immunotherapy Keytruda has been hitting its trial targets so often, it’s tempting to think it can't miss. But it can—and Tuesday’s data in liver cancer proves it.
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Merck's Keytruda hits the skids in pivotal trial, putting its liver cancer nod at risk
fiercepharma
February 21, 2019
Merck & Co.’s immunotherapy Keytruda has been hitting its trial targets so often, it’s tempting to think it can't miss. But it can—and Tuesday’s data in liver cancer proves it.
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Keytruda gets okay from FDA for adjuvant melanoma
pharmaphorum
February 21, 2019
The US FDA has approved Merck & Co’s Keytruda as an adjuvant treatment for patients with melanoma who have had surgery but still show some evidence of cancer in their lymph nodes.
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Merck initiates three Phase III trials into Keytruda for prostate cancer
pharmaceutical-technology
February 18, 2019
As a result of promising data from its Phase Ib/II KEYNOTE-365 trial, Merck has announced three new Phase III trials into the safety and efficacy of Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer....
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Merck's Keytruda looks to zoom past Opdivo with fast head and neck cancer review
fiercepharma
February 12, 2019
Merck & Co.’s Keytruda is duking it out with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo in the head and neck cancer marketplace, but Keytruda just took one step toward a green light that would give it a big edge.
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Merck bumps Keytruda credibility with real doctor appearance in latest ‘Tru’ patient ads
fiercepharma
January 17, 2019
Merck & Co. is changing the game again in oncology ads, this time putting a real doctor to work in its Keytruda patient campaign. The latest additions to the multichannel "It's Tru" work include two TV ads, one with oncologist Goetz Kloecker, M.D., alone
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Keytruda cuts risk of death by 31% in esophageal cancer trial
pharmaphorum
January 16, 2019
MSD’s Keytruda has cut the risk of death by 31% in patients with esophageal or esophagogastric junction carcinoma or adenocarcinoma who progressed after standard therapy.
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Merck's Keytruda slashes death risk by 31% in esophageal cancer victory
fiercepharma
January 15, 2019
Back in November, Merck & Co. said its immuno-oncology star, Keytruda, had topped chemo at lengthening the lives of some esophageal cancer patients. Monday, it showed that the win was a sizable one.
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OncoSec, Gynecologic Oncology Group to Conduct Study of TAVO with KEYTRUDA
americanpharmaceuticalreview
January 09, 2019
OncoSec has established a collaboration with the GOG Foundation to conduct a registration-enabled study of TAVO (tavokinogene telseplasmid) in women with recurrent/persistent cervical cancer (OMS-150)......