#AACR: Mer­ck spot­lights piv­otal Keytru­da/chemo da­ta, hop­ing to break down skep­ti­cism to its front­line lung can­cer duo

CHICA­GO — Mer­ck wowed the im­muno-on­col­o­gy mar­ket ear­ly this year with the head­line news that its piv­otal KEYNOTE-189 study demon­strat­ed a clear suc­cess for Keytru­da com­bined with chemo in treat­ing front­line lung can­cer cas­es. And at AACR in Chica­go to­day, its in­ves­ti­ga­tors spelled out the promis­ing re­sults — demon­strat­ing that the com­bo re­duced the risk of death by half with a haz­ard ra­tio of 0.49 — as Mer­ck looks to hold back a wave of ma­jor league com­peti­tors as it carves out a big­ger share of the block­buster lung can­cer mar­ket.

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