There's no shortage of cancer immunotherapies trying to knock Merck & Co's Keytruda off the top of the tree in previously-untreated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
MSD's Keytruda has become the first immunotherapy cleared by NICE for previously-untreated patients with advanced oesophageal cancer, making it an option for routine NHS treatment.
Roche has largely been a spectator on the side lines as other drugmakers have embraced cell therapies for cancer, but it has made a big play now, pledging $150 million upfront to an allianc
Novartis' CAR-T therapy Kymriah racked up back-to-back approvals in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and large B-cell lymphoma a few years ago, but hasn't added to its label since.