Keytruda/Inlyta Data Stoke Competition In Kidney Cancer

Competing combination therapies may soon be battling for attention as first-line therapies for advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma, with Merck & Co being the latest big pharma to release more data on the Keytruda/Inlyta combo in the setting.

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Competition between first-line combinations for advanced RCC is intense • Source: Shutterstock

Competition among drugs vying for a leading position in the future advanced renal cell carcinoma market just got a little tougher, with Merck & Co. Inc. releasing more top-line data from the KEYNOTE-426 study showing a combination of its PD-1 inhibitor, Keytruda (pembrolizumab), with Pfizer Inc.'s tyrosine kinase inhibitor, Inlyta (axitinib), improved overall survival, PFS and ORR in the first-line treatment of condition.

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