“Malignant pleural mesothelioma is typically diagnosed in advanced stages when curative surgery is not an option, and progresses quickly,” said Dr. Gregory Lubiniecki, vice president, oncology clinical research, Merck Research Laboratories. “We continue to evaluate KEYTRUDA in new and difficult-to-treat tumors and look forward to working with the FDA to help bring KEYTRUDA as a potential treatment option to certain patients with advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma.”
“We are encouraged by the progress of our clinical trial and remain focused on our goal to develop innovative therapies that can address glioblastoma and other cancers. Although we are unable to provide detailed information at this stage, we are excited about the continued advancement of this important program,” said
“We are disappointed in the outcome of the RELATIVITY-098 trial and that LAG-3 inhibition in the adjuvant setting did not lead to the same improved efficacy outcomes seen in advanced melanoma,” said Jeffrey Walch, M.D., Ph.D., vice president, Opdualag global program lead, Bristol Myers Squibb. “Patients whose tumors are completely
Ahsan Arozullah, M.D., M.P.H., Senior Vice President, Head of Oncology Development, Astellas said, “The combination of enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab was the first approval to offer an alternative to platinum-containing chemotherapy, which had been the standard of care for first-line locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer for decades. We are
“U.S. FDA has accepted for review the resubmission of the BLA for linvoseltamab for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) multiple myeloma (MM) who have received at least four prior lines of therapy or those who received three prior lines of therapy and are refractory to the last
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