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So, Who Benefits From New Cancer Drugs?
THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2025 – Cutting-edge targeted therapies are pushing back the line between life and death for cancer patients. However, these targeted cancer drugs frequently aren’t benefitting m...
Adding Pembrolizumab Ups Survival in Stage III Undifferentiated Sarcoma
THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2024 – For patients with stage III undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma or dedifferentiated or pleomorphic liposarcoma of the extremity and limb girdles, adding pembrolizumab to...
Science Reveals Why Cancer Immunotherapies Can Sometimes Harm the Heart
FRIDAY, Nov. 8, 2024 – Researchers think they’ve figured out why cancer treatments that harness a person’s immune system to fight a tumor can cause heart damage in rare instances. Further, what the...
Pembrolizumab Aids Survival With High-Risk Endometrial Cancer
MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 – Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy improves disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with high-risk endometrial cancer after surgery with curative intent, according to a study...
What You Need to Know After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
SATURDAY, Oct. 5, 2024 – Breast cancer strikes 1 in 8 women in the United States, but being diagnosed with the disease can still make you feel alone. To cope with such devastating news, breast...
FDA Approves Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) Plus Pemetrexed and Platinum Chemotherapy as First-Line Treatment for Adult Patients With Unresectable Advanced or Metastatic Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM)
RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) September 18, 2024 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved...
Adjuvant Pembrolizumab Improves Survival in Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Cancer
FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2024 – Disease-free survival is significantly longer with adjuvant pembrolizumab than observation among patients with high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma after radical...
Pembrolizumab + Chemo Beneficial for Early-Stage Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 – For patients with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer, neoadjuvant pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab yields a significant...
Post-Op Keytruda Boosts Bladder Cancer Outcomes
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2024 – When given after organ-removal surgery, Keytruda brings patients battling advanced bladder cancers more time cancer-free, a new trial finds. Folks with "high-risk"...
FDA Approves Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) Plus Carboplatin and Paclitaxel as Treatment for Adult Patients With Primary Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Carcinoma
RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) June 17, 2024 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved...
FDA Approves Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) Plus Chemoradiotherapy as Treatment for Patients With FIGO 2014 Stage III-IVA Cervical Cancer
Keytruda is the first and only anti-PD-1 therapy approved in combination with chemoradiotherapy for these patients Approval marks third FDA-approved indication for Keytruda in cervical cancer and...
Padcev (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) Approved by FDA as the First and Only ADC Plus PD-1 to Treat Advanced Bladder Cancer
Padcev plus pembrolizumab approved based on groundbreaking EV-302 trial Confirmatory trial found Padcev plus pembrolizumab nearly doubled median overall survival compared to standard of care...
FDA Approves Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) Plus Gemcitabine and Cisplatin as Treatment for Patients With Locally Advanced Unresectable or Metastatic Biliary Tract Cancer
RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) November 1, 2023 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has...
FDA Approves Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for Treatment of Patients With Resectable NSCLC in Combination With Chemotherapy as Neoadjuvant Treatment, Then Single Agent as Adjuvant Treatment After Surgery
RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) October 16, 2023 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has...
FDA Approves Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in Combination With Padcev (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) for First-Line Treatment of Certain Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer
RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) April 3, 2023 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved...
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