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Keytruda beats Opdivo to first-line oesophageal cancer OK in...

Merck & Co's Keytruda has become the first cancer immunotherapy to be approved as a first-line oesophageal cancer therapy in the EU, ahead of Bristol-Myers Squibb's rival Opdivo, but BM

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In a class first, Merck's Keytruda extends survival in cervi...

Merck & Co's Keytruda has become the first checkpoint inhibitor to help patients with advanced cervical cancer live longer when used as alongside standard first-line drugs.

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Keytruda should lose stomach cancer indication, says ODAC

The FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) has voted to strip Merck & Co's Keytruda of its accelerated approval in gastric and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer, despite a

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Merck looks at M&A deals as COVID hits sales in Q1

Ken Frazier's final appearance on Merck & Co's financial results call as chief executive was a muted affair, as the company reported lower-than-expected revenues dragged down as the pan

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Merck's Keytruda demonstrates adjuvant use in kidney cancer

Merck & Co has announced interim data from its pivotal Phase 3 KEYNOTE-564 trial evaluating immunotherapy Keytruda for the potential adjuvant treatment of patients with renal cell carci

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