Agenus PD-1 Down But Not Out With Cervical Cancer BLA Withdrawal
Executive Summary
The company announced it would withdraw the BLA for balstilimab monotherapy in cervical cancer following Keytruda’s full approval, but it plans to keep developing the drug.
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