Merck & Co Cancer Chief Reflects on 'Foundational' Keytruda

Roger Dansey, head of Merck's clinical development in oncology, tells Scrip that the Keynote clinical program for the blockbuster PD-1 inhibitor continues to hit endpoints across diseases and there is much more to come.

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Merck successfully juggling Keytruda projects • Source: Shutterstock

It is only three years ago that Merck & Co. Inc. got its first approval for Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in melanoma and data presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology congress in Madrid has highlighted how dominant the PD-1 inhibitor has become in such a short space of time.

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