Tesaro's Zejula Expansion Includes Keytruda Combo, Lung Cancer
Executive Summary
The company, encouraged by positive Phase I data from a trial testing the PARP inhibitor niraparib in combination with Merck's PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda in recurrent ovarian cancer, plans to initiate a larger trial by the end of the year or early in 2018.
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