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RAHWAY, N.J. — Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced it has initiated a Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating MK-1084, an investigational oral selective KRAS G12C inhibitor, in combination with KEYTRUDA for the first-line treatment of certain patients with metastatic non-small cell...
DARMSTADT, Germany – Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, today announced topline data from the Phase II INTR@PID BTC 047 study evaluating bintrafusp alfa as a monotherapy in the second-line treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer (BTC) who have failed or are intolerant...
Rahway, New Jersey – Merck’s blockbuster PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) improved overall survival when used as an adjuvant treatment for renal cell carcinoma patients who are at intermediate-high or high risk of recurrence after nephrectomy, according to results of the Phase III KEYNOTE-564 trial posted Saturday. Compared with placebo, patients...
Study also met secondary endpoint of overall survival (OS) for patients whose tumors express PD-L1 KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) plus chemotherapy (paclitaxel) with or without bevacizumab is the first immune checkpoint inhibitor-based regimen to show a statistically significant improvement in OS for ovarian cancer   RAHWAY, N.J. — Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as...
RAHWAY, N.J. — Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced results from the Phase 3 AMBASSADOR (A031501)/KEYNOTE-123 trial evaluating KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, for the adjuvant treatment of high-risk patients with localized muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma (MIUC) and locally advanced resectable...
NEW YORK, NY — Mesoblast Limited (Nasdaq:MESO; ASX:MSB), global leader in allogeneic cellular medicines for inflammatory diseases, today announced that given the high rate of non-responsiveness to therapies in adults with severe acute graft versus host disease (aGvHD) who fail corticosteroids, and the high mortality in these patients, Mesoblast and...
Melbourne, Australia and New York, USA – Mesoblast Limited (ASX:MSB; Nasdaq:MESO), global leader in allogeneic cellular medicines for inflammatorydiseases, today provided a regulatory update on remestemcel-L for steroid-refractory acute graft versus host disease in children following its recent meeting with the FDA’s OTAT. Mesoblast requested the meeting to address the...
NEW YORK, NY — Mesoblast (Nasdaq:MESO; ASX:MSB), global leader in allogeneic cellular medicines for inflammatory diseases, today announced that it has received seven years of orphan-drug exclusive approval from the FDA for Ryoncil® (remestemcel-L) for treatment of steroid-refractory acute graft versus host disease (SR-aGvHD) in pediatric patients 2 months of age...