ESMO 2023: Keytruda stars early with breast cancer data

20 October 2023

No cancer conference would be complete without Merck & Co (NYSE: MRK) presenting a mountain of data on its blockbuster anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab).

So it is no surprise to see Keytruda featuring on day one of the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress in Madrid, Spain.

"Results from KEYNOTE-756, together with our work across our oncology portfolio, demonstrate the progress we are making in earlier stages of certain cancers, including breast cancer"Among the data revealed is the first presentation of results from the neoadjuvant part of the Phase III KEYNOTE-756 trial investigating Keytruda alongside chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment, followed by Keytruda plus endocrine therapy as adjuvant treatment, for patients with high-risk, early-stage estrogen receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (ER+/HER2-) breast cancer.

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