August 21, 2018 06:13 AM EDT

FDA gives Merck ‘real-time’ OK for Keytruda, offering a peek at the latest extension of the agency's data express highway

The FDA doesn’t always wait for a marketing application to come in before it begins its review these days. And that suits Merck just fine …

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FDA gives Mer­ck ‘re­al-time’ OK for Keytru­da, of­fer­ing a peek at the lat­est ex­ten­sion of the agen­cy's da­ta ex­press high­way