GSK hopes to offer checkpoint blocker for lung cancer treatment

8 December 2022
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GSK (LSE: GSK) has announced results from the Phase II PERLA trial of dostarlimab, in combination with chemotherapy, in the first-line treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

The British pharma major is running the trial to compare its checkpoint blocker, which is marketed in endometrial cancer as Jemperli, with the leading immunotherapy of this type, Keytruda (pembrolizumab).

Success in this program could open up a new, large and lucrative treatment setting which is dominated by Merck & Co’s (NYSE: MRK) rival option.

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