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.
Bristol-Myers Squibb is in a battle with Merck & Co for position in the upper gastrointestinal cancer immunotherapy market, and has just reinforced its position with an EU approval in t
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
MSD’s Keytruda has cut the risk of death by 31% in patients with esophageal or esophagogastric junction carcinoma or adenocarcinoma who progressed after standard therapy.