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Pembrolizumab, sold under the brand name Keytruda, is a humanized antibody, more specifically a PD-1 inhibitor, used in cancer immunotherapy that treats melanoma, lung cancer, head and neck cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma, stomach cancer, cervical cancer, and certain types of breast cancer.
The approval was based on data from a late-stage trial of 1,060 patients in which the drug combination reduced the risk of cancer progression or death by 41% when compared to treatment with ...
Post FDA approval, Merck's (MRK) anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda is now approved as an adjuvant treatment for adult & pediatric patients with stage IIB, IIC or III melanoma following complete resection.
The U.S. health regulator's approval extends Keytruda's use in combination with chemotherapy as a treatment given before surgery to shrink the size of the tumor in patients. The U.S. drugmaker is ...
Pertuzumab is administered as an intravenous infusion in combination with trastuzumab and docetaxel as a first line treatment for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. [4] [3] It is also used in the same combination as a neoadjuvant (given to reduce the size of a tumor, prior to surgery or radiation) for HER2-positive early breast cancer; as of 2016 this use had not been shown to increase ...
FDA Grants Genentech's Perjeta Accelerated Approval for Use Before Surgery in People With HER2-Positive Early Stage Breast Cancer The Perjeta regimen is the first treatment approved under a new ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) evaluated the safety and efficacy of retifanlimab based on PODIUM-201 (NCT03599713), an open-label, multiregional, single-arm study evaluating 65 participants with metastatic or recurrent locally advanced MCC who had not received prior systemic therapy for advanced disease.
FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Accelerated Approval of Genentech's Perjeta for Neoadjuvant Use in HER2-Positive Early Stage Breast Cancer The FDA Will Make a Final Decision by October 31 The ...