Need to strengthen food safety scientific standards: NITI Aayog

There is a pressing need for continuous improvement and innovation in food safety systems to keep pace with emerging food trends and habits

Merck receives positive EU CHMP opinion for pembrolizumab plus Trastuzumab and Chemotherapy as first-line treatment for HER2-positive advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction

If approved, KEYTRUDA would be the first immunotherapy for the first-line treatment of HER2-positive advanced gastric or GEJ cancer in tumors expressing PD-L1 (CPS ?1) in the EU

Industry needs to establish a self-regulatory body to maintain the quality of the pharma products, says Dr Mandaviya

Pembrolizumab + Trastuzumab and chemotherapy met primary endpoint as first line of treatment for GEJ

Based on a subgroup analysis by PD-L1 expression from KEYNOTE-811, Merck is working with the US FDA to update the current indication for KEYTRUDA in HER2-positive gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma

Keytruda+ chemotherapy improves overall survival versus chemotherapy alone for unresectable advanced pleural mesothelioma

In Phase 3 CCTG IND.227/KEYNOTE-483 trial, KEYTRUDA plus chemotherapy also demonstrated statistically significant improvements in PFS and ORR compared to chemotherapy alone

Mandaviya to inaugurate conference on 'India Pharma & India Medical Devices’ on May 26-27

8th Edition of the event to promote India as a manufacturing hub of quality medical products in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Sector

Moderna and Merck announce an investigational individualized neoantigen therapy

mRNA-4157 (V940) in combination with KEYTRUDA reduced the risk of recurrence or death by 44% compared to KEYTRUDA alone in stage III/IV melanoma patients

FDA accepts application for Merck’s Keytruda plus chemotherapy as first-line treatment for metastatic gastric

Acceptance based on results from the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-859 trial, which showed significant overall survival benefit in these patients with HER2-negative disease, regardless of PD-L1 expression

mRNA-4157/V940in combination with Keytruda receives PRIME scheme designation from EMA

Designation based on positive data from Phase 2b KEYNOTE-942/mRNA-4157-P201 trial and unmet need for additional therapeutic options for certain types of melanoma

Keytruda + chemotherapy improved overall survival versus chemotherapy alone as for advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma

For the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable advanced or metastatic malignant pleural mesothelioma