PD-1 Sponsors Expand Into Bladder, Head & Neck Cancer

Merck claims first Phase III survival data in bladder cancer for Keytruda, while Bristol shows potential for immunotherapy combinations in bladder and head and neck cancers at the annual SITC meeting.

Sponsors of PD-1 inhibitors pushed further into new indications for monotherapy and combinations in bladder and head and neck cancers with data presentations at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer meeting.

Lung cancer represents the biggest market for PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors, and has dominated recent headlines, but other smaller markets...

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