Merck's Keytruda Is First Checkpoint Inhibitor To Win US Approval Based On TMB Biomarker
Executive Summary
Merck has secured FDA approval for Keytruda for use in tumors with high tumor mutational burden, something Bristol's Opdivo and AstraZeneca's Imfinzi were not able to do in lung cancer.
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