Sunday, February 25, 2024

CHMP Favorable On Merck's Pembrolizumab In Resectable NSCLC at High Risk of Recurrence -- With Chemo...


Again, not material, but still good EU news for US Merck, this past week.

The approvals continue to pile up -- for the juggernaut. Here's the latest:

. . .Merck today announced that the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion recommending approval of KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, in combination with platinum-containing chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment, then continued as a monotherapy as adjuvant treatment, for the treatment of resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at high risk of recurrence in adults. . . .

"The CHMP’s positive opinion puts us another step closer to helping certain patients in Europe with earlier stages of non-small cell lung cancer, regardless of PD-L1 expression," said Dr. Marjorie Green, senior vice president and head of oncology, global clinical development, Merck Research Laboratories. "We look forward to the European Commission’s decision, as we continue to build on the legacy of KEYTRUDA in certain types of lung cancer and pursue meaningful advances that may help extend the lives of patients. . . ."


Now you know -- onward, to catch a matinee of "Origin", this afternoon -- smiling.



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