'Go­ing big': Mer­ck launch­es front­line PhI­II lung can­cer study for Keytru­da/Yer­voy com­bo

Mer­ck took a dom­i­nant po­si­tion in front­line lung can­cer with the ap­proval of a com­bi­na­tion of Keytru­da and chemo. And it isn’t just wait­ing around to see if any com­bi­na­tion of a PD-(L)1 with a CT­LA4 can come along and knock it off its mar­ket-lead­ing perch.

The phar­ma gi­ant has launched a Phase III study com­bin­ing its check­point star with the Bris­tol-My­ers drug. Re­searchers are re­cruit­ing 548 pa­tients at sites around the world, ac­cord­ing to the list­ing at clin­i­cal­tri­als.gov.

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