Roche's Tecentriq Positive But Not Perfect In IMpower130 First-line Lung Cancer Study
Executive Summary
Combination with Abraxane demonstrates an overall survival benefit on top of progression-free survival, but Merck's competing Keytruda has set a high benchmark for first-line metastatic lung cancer.
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