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Pharma & Biotech

Keytruda generated $31.6bn last year. Cipla and Qilu are positioning a biosimilar for the U.S. market

Cipla’s Invagen has licensed U.S. rights to Qilu’s investigational pembrolizumab biosimilar QL2107, setting up a future challenge to Merck’s blockbuster Keytruda franchise.

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Pharma & Biotech

Phanes Therapeutics advances CLDN18.2 and CD47 bispecific spevatamig in biliary tract cancer

FDA Fast Track gives spevatamig a faster regulatory path in biliary tract cancer as Phanes advances its Phase 2 and pembrolizumab strategy.

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Pharma & Biotech

Samsung Bioepis SB27 meets Phase 3 endpoint as Keytruda biosimilar competition accelerates

Read how Samsung Bioepis SB27’s positive Phase 1 and Phase 3 data could reshape the Keytruda biosimilar race and oncology access.

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Pharma & Biotech

Why Merck’s CHMP win for KEYTRUDA plus Padcev matters in muscle-invasive bladder cancer

Merck’s bladder cancer push is moving earlier in Europe. KEYTRUDA plus Padcev could reset cisplatin-ineligible MIBC care.

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Pharma & Biotech

How Agilent’s PD-L1 companion diagnostic now shapes pembrolizumab access in esophageal carcinoma

FDA approves Agilent's PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx for esophageal and GEJ carcinoma, marking the eighth companion diagnostic indication alongside pembrolizumab. Read the analysis.

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Pharma & Biotech

Merck strengthens its women’s oncology position with KEYNOTE-B96 overall survival results

KEYNOTE-B96 shows overall survival gains for pembrolizumab in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. Find out why this trial could reshape treatment strategy.

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Pharma & Biotech

Merck’s KEYTRUDA plus WELIREG cuts recurrence risk in Phase 3 LITESPARK-022 trial for adjuvant clear cell renal cell carcinoma

KEYTRUDA plus belzutifan cuts recurrence risk in adjuvant RCC. Explore what LITESPARK-022 changes for kidney cancer treatment.

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Pharma & Biotech

Why Merck and Eisai’s belzutifan–lenvatinib combo could reset treatment sequencing in advanced renal cell carcinoma

Belzutifan plus lenvatinib outperforms cabozantinib in Phase 3 renal cell carcinoma data. Find out what this changes for post-immunotherapy care.

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Pharma & Biotech

Moderna and Merck’s mRNA-4157 combo shows durable benefit in resected high-risk melanoma

Moderna, Inc. and Merck have reported five-year follow-up results from the Phase 2b KEYNOTE-942 study evaluating intismeran autogene (mRNA-4157 or V940), an investigational individualized mRNA-based neoantigen therapy, in combination with pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA) in patients with resected high-risk stage III or IV melanoma. The combination demonstrated a 49 percent reduction in the risk of recurrence or

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Guardant Health and Merck sign global deal to co-develop cancer companion diagnostics

Guardant Health and Merck announce global CDx collaboration using Infinity Smart liquid biopsy platform. Find out what this means for oncology drug development.

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