Drug Approval | September 09, 2021
Merck’s KEYTRUDA receives China approval for Esophageal cancer
The medicine is now approved for eight indications across five different types of cancer in China.
The medicine is now approved for eight indications across five different types of cancer in China.
Merck Wilmington Biotech will serve as a launch and commercial production facility and the future U.S. home for KEYTRUDA
Subcutaneous pembrolizumab administered every six weeks with a median injection time of two minutes, in combination with chemotherapy, shows consistent results across reported efficacy and safety endpoints compared to IV KEYTRUDA in combination with chemotherapy
The company anticipates 2025 worldwide sales to be between $64.1 billion and $65.6 billion
Merck has also decided to end the favezelimab clinical development program
Roger Dansey to become Interim Chief Oncology Officer and Johanna Bendell to join Pfizer as Oncology Chief Development Officer
Opinion granted based on positive overall survival results from the IND.227/KEYNOTE-483 trial
Positive opinion granted for KEYTRUDA plus chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma
Data showed that the primary endpoint of recurrence-free survival (RFS) met the pre-specified futility criteria
Sales reflect continued strong growth in oncology and vaccines
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