European Commission Approves KEYTRUDA + Chemo as Neoadjuvant Treatment, Then Continued as Monotherapy as Adjuvant Treatment, for Resectable NSCLC at High Risk of Recurrence in Adults
“Today’s approval of the first anti-PD-1/L1 therapy as part of a treatment regimen in Europe for the neoadjuvant followed by adjuvant treatment of resectable NSCLC based on positive overall survival results demonstrates our continued progress to advance treatments in earlier stages of lung cancer,” said Marjorie Green, senior vice president and head of oncology, global clinical development, Merck Research Laboratories. “We are eager to build on this momentum as we plan to seek additional approvals of this regimen around the world, and to work together with the cancer community to help drive earlier diagnoses of lung cancer, an urgent need.”
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