Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has run into yet another hurdle as it tries to break into the lucrative first-line lung cancer market dominated by rival Merck & Co.
US regulators have pushed back the deadline for their review of Merck & Co’s immunotherapy Keytruda in certain patients with untreated lung cancer, after the pharmaceutical company subm
AstraZeneca’s immunotherapy Imfinzi has failed in another late stage study, while Roche’s rival Tecentriq combination has been approved in the sought-after first line lung cancer indication
AbbVie has suffered a further setback with its oncology drug Rova-T, after early data from a lung cancer trial suggested that patients were living longer when treated with standard therapy.
NICE has said MSD’s cancer immunotherapy, Keytruda, should receive interim funding on the NHS in certain patients with untreated lung cancer, in combination with chemotherapy.
AstraZeneca’s immunotherapy combination including its checkpoint inhibitor drug Imfinzi has failed to improve overall survival in a first-line lung cancer trial – an indication where Merck