Positive EU CHMP Opinion for KEYTRUDA + Padcev as 1L Treatment for Patients With Unresectable or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma
“The CHMP’s positive opinion reinforces the landmark results from KEYNOTE-A39 and follows the recent adoption of the European Society for Medical Oncology and European Association of Urology clinical guidelines recommending KEYTRUDA plus enfortumab vedotin as the preferred first-line treatment for patients with advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma, regardless of platinum eligibility,” said Dr. Eliav Barr, senior vice president and head of global clinical development, chief medical officer, Merck Research Laboratories. “We look forward to the European Commission’s decision and are excited to be taking the first steps to provide a potential new first-line standard of care for the treatment of this disease in patients in the EU.”
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