Keytruda Breaks New Ground with FDA Approval for Perioperative Treatment of Locally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Keytruda; pembrolizumab; perioperative treatment; head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; HNSCC; FDA approval; KEYNOTE-689 trial; neoadjuvant therapy; adjuvant therapy; PD-L1 expression; event-free survival; clinical trial

Merck Continues Cuts: 204 Employees Laid Off in New Jersey

Merck; layoffs; New Jersey; Rahway; pharmaceutical; cost-cutting; restructuring; WARN notice; global workforce reduction; Keytruda; Gardasil; biopharma industry

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

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