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Pressure On Tecentriq: Bladder Cancer Heats Up With Opdivo Approval, Keytruda Filing

 
• By Emily Hayes

Merck's filings in bladder cancer span first-line and second-line treatment and include overall survival data. Roche also is getting ready to move Tecentriq to the frontline setting.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has secured yet another approval for Opdivo – in second-line bladder cancer – but competitor Merck & Co. Inc. is once again nipping at its heels with a broader filing strategy for Keytruda in the indication, while first-to-market Roche is gearing up to move Tecentriq into the frontline.

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