Merck's Keytruda Set For Expanded Use As Lung Cancer Monotherapy
Executive Summary
Data showing overall survival benefit for Keytruda in patients with at least 1% PD-L1 expression ups the ante for competitors Bristol and Roche, which will be presenting data for combinations in lung cancer at the American Association of Clinical Research meeting in April.
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