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.

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

MRD testing is moving from research to reimbursement. Veracyte now has Medicare coverage, but adoption in bladder cancer care is the harder test.

MRD testing just crossed into treatment selection. Natera’s Signatera FDA win could reshape adjuvant bladder cancer care.

Bladder cancer treatment is becoming more selective. Tecentriq’s ctDNA-guided approval may redefine who gets adjuvant immunotherapy.

MRD testing has payer momentum, but clinical adoption is tougher. Veracyte’s TrueMRD Medicare win puts bladder cancer monitoring in focus.

New ASCO GU data shows how Signatera ctDNA may guide bladder preservation and adjuvant therapy decisions in muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Read the analysis.

Astellas Pharma Inc. and Pfizer Inc. have announced that their antibody-drug conjugate PADCEV (enfortumab vedotin), in combination with the PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab (marketed as Keytruda by Merck), met key survival endpoints in the Phase 3 EV-304 trial. In cisplatin-eligible patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), the combination significantly improved both event-free survival and overall survival […]