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Merck's Keytruda Loss In Liver Cancer Could Be Gain For Rivals

 
• By Emily Hayes

The drug demonstrates improvements in overall survival and progression-free survival, but not enough for success in KEYNOTE-240.

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The failure of Merck & Co. Inc.'s PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda in the KEYNOTE-240 confirmatory study in second-line hepatocellular cancer (HCC) stands in stark contrast to the drug's many successes and is likely to give competitors the upper hand in this tumor type.

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