First approval in small cell lung cancer for Keytruda

18 June 2019
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Merck & Co (NYSE: MRK) has been granted a new label update for its immuno-oncology blockbuster, Keytruda (pembrolizumab), in metastatic small cell lung cancer (SCLC).

Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy has been given the green light to be marketed as monotherapy in the third-line setting, based on an accelerated approval.

The decision comes not long after the firm picked up an approval for the I-O option in Europe, for the first-line treatment of squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in combination with chemo.

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