PD-1 Data Promise More Shake-ups In Melanoma Standard of Care

Studies presented at AACR highlight pros and cons of two new potential, competing frontline regimens in melanoma – Keytruda alone instead of Yervoy, or Yervoy in combination with Opdivo.

New data for PD-1 inhibitors sponsored by Merck & Co. Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. suggest more changes ahead soon for the standard of care in melanoma, a field that has already just been drastically altered by the introduction of checkpoint inhibition.

Both companies presented data for their drugs as a first-line treatment for advanced melanoma at the American Association for Cancer...

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