Exelixis has suffered a blow to its efforts to expand the use of Cabometyx into additional indications after reporting mixed results in a phase 3 trial in liver cancer.
New phase 3 data have shored up the position of Merck & Co’s cancer immunotherapy Keytruda in the increasingly competitive first-line kidney cancer market.
Bristol-Myers Squibb could be mere months away from claiming a second US approval for an Opdivo-based combination immunotherapy that will help defend its first-line kidney cancer franchise.