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Keytruda/Lenvima combo shows promise in hard-to-treat cancers

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“These new data from our LEAP clinical program show encouraging activity across several aggressive cancer types and expand our knowledge about the potential of KEYTRUDA plus LENVIMA to help a range of patients with these cancers,” said Scot Ebbinghaus, vice president, Clinical Research, Merck Research Laboratories.

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Merck Receives Positive EU CHMP Opinion for KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) together With Chemotherapy surely Patients With Locally Recurrent Unresectable or Metastatic Triple-Negative carcinoma Whose Tumors Express PD-L1 (CPS ?10)

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“Triple-negative carcinoma grows and spreads faster than other sorts of carcinoma and consequently features a worse prognosis,” said Dr. Vicki Goodman, vice chairman , clinical research, Merck Research Laboratories. Merck has the industry’s largest immuno-oncology clinical research program.

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Could Keytruda/Lenvima Combo Help Treat Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma?

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It is very clear that in this study, the addition of ipilimumab did not add clinical benefit but did add toxicity. Merck and Eisai are committed to working together to continue to explore the potential of the KEYTRUDA plus LENVIMA combination, particularly in areas of great unmet need such as renal cell carcinoma.”. “We

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Raising Welfare for Lab Rodents

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Xander Balwit offers concrete proposals for raising the welfare of animals used in biomedical research for our final article in Issue 03. Of course, AA and P-line rats are not the only research animals bred for the study of disease. We’ll be on a brief hiatus for the next few weeks as we prepare for the next Issue!

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FDA Approves Updated Indication for Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) for Treatment.

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“While the treatment landscape has evolved, an unmet need remains for appropriate patients newly diagnosed with certain types of advanced urothelial carcinoma who are not eligible for platinum-containing chemotherapy,” said Dr. Scot Ebbinghaus, vice president, clinical research, Merck Research Laboratories. “We

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BioSpace Movers & Shakers, Nov. 20

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Hyman currently serves as director of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and is the Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology. Evenstad served as chief executive officer of Upsher-Smith Laboratories.

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FDA Accepts Application for Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) as Single Agent for Certain Patients With MSI-H/dMMR Advanced Endometrial Carcinoma

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“The FDA’s acceptance of our application adds to our momentum of advancing new treatment options to address the most challenging cancers facing women,” said Dr. Scot Ebbinghaus, vice president, clinical research, Merck Research Laboratories. Merck has the industry’s largest immuno-oncology clinical research program.

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