Merck & Co adds to AACR Keytruda data with 'practice-changing' NSCLC results

16 April 2018

US pharma giant Merck & Co (NYSE: MRK) has added to the case for usage of its anti-PD1 immunotherapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab) alongside chemotherapy in newly-diagnosed metastatic nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

In doing so, the company presented a second significant set of results on Keytruda at the AACR Annual Meeting 2018, the year’s first major oncology event.

"This is an unprecedented effect of therapy in the first-line setting for advanced nonsquamous NSCLC without EGFR or ALK alterations"

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