Keytruda
ESMO 2025 KEYNOTE-671 Update: Perioperative Pembrolizumab Reinforces NSCLC Standard
KEYNOTE-671; pembrolizumab; KEYTRUDA; perioperative immunotherapy; NSCLC; overall survival; event-free survival; ESMO Congress; standard of care
Merck & Co.’s Welireg Notches Wins in Kidney Cancer Combo Studies
Welireg; kidney cancer; renal cell carcinoma; Keytruda; Lenvima; adjuvant setting; combination therapy; Phase 3 trials; progression-free survival; disease-free survival
Merck & Co. Announces Keytruda Achieves First Overall Survival Benefit in Resistant Ovarian Cancer
Merck & Co.; Keytruda; pembrolizumab; ovarian cancer; platinum-resistant; overall survival; checkpoint inhibitor; KEYNOTE-B96 trial; progression-free survival; PD-L1
Recent Law Expands Orphan Drug Protections, Shielding Blockbusters from Medicare Price Negotiations
orphan drug exclusion; Medicare negotiation; One Big Beautiful Bill; Keytruda; Opdivo; Inflation Reduction Act; OBBBA; drug pricing; Congress; pharmaceutical industry
Merck Wins FDA Approval for Subcutaneous Keytruda as Exclusivity Challenges Approach
Merck; Keytruda; subcutaneous injection; FDA approval; Keytruda Qlex; patent expiration; biosimilars; checkpoint inhibitors; solid tumors; cancer immunotherapy
Merck Begins Layoffs in New Jersey as Part of $3 Billion Cost-Cutting Plan
Merck & Co.; New Jersey; layoffs; pharma industry; cost-cutting; Keytruda; restructuring; WARN notice
Phase III Study: Perioperative Padcev & Keytruda Combo Significantly Improves Survival in Bladder Cancer
Padcev; Keytruda; enfortumab vedotin; pembrolizumab; phase III; bladder cancer; muscle-invasive bladder cancer; cisplatin-ineligible; perioperative; event-free survival; overall survival
IO Biotech’s cancer vaccine Cylembio narrowly misses Phase III primary endpoint in advanced melanoma, but company eyes FDA filing in 2025
Cylembio; IO Biotech; melanoma; Phase 3; pivotal trial; progression-free survival (PFS); hazard ratio 0.77; p-value 0.056; Keytruda (pembrolizumab); FDA BLA; overall survival (OS) trend; IOB-013/KN-D18; NCT05155254; imsapepimut; etimupepimut; stock drop
Merck to Lay Off 6,000 Employees, Reduce Workforce by 8% in $3B Cost-Cutting Move
Merck; layoffs; cost-cutting; restructuring; pharmaceuticals; job cuts; Keytruda; Gardasil; workforce reduction
Merck Announces $3 Billion Cost-Cutting and Restructuring Plan
Merck; cost cutting; restructuring; job cuts; real estate reduction; Keytruda; pharmaceutical industry; Q2 2025 financials