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Merck & Co announces results at ASCO for Keytruda plus Lenvima for kidney cancer patients

Renal cell carcinoma is the most common form of kidney cancer

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Positive results for AZ, Merck & Co’s Lynparza in early breast cancer presented at ASCO

Lynparza reduced the risk of invasive breast cancer recurrence, second cancers or death by 42% in the overall trial population

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Merck & Co spinoff Organon launches with the aim of ‘improving health outcomes for women’

Merck & Co – known as MSD outside the US and Canada – announced its plans for the women’s health spinoff company last month

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NICE recommends Keytruda for colorectal cancer patients with rare mutations

Approximately 450 patients in England will now become eligible for this treatment on the NHS

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New trial data for Keytruda in triple-negative breast cancer

Keytruda plus chemotherapy showed significant and meaningful improvement

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FDA approval for Keytruda/Herceptin combination in first-line advanced gastric cancer

Approval is based on positive overall response rate (ORR) data from KEYNOTE-811 trial

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Merck & Co reveals plans for women’s health spinoff Organon

Company is expecting tax-free dividend of $9bn following close of spinoff

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Merck & Co halts development of potential COVID-19 drug MK-7110

Pharma company has abandoned drug due to technical, clinical and regulatory uncertainties

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Keytruda plus chemotherapy gains US approval for advanced oesophageal cancer

First checkpoint inhibitor to win approval in the first-line setting for this cancer type

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NICE rejects Keytruda for advanced bladder cancer in final guidance

Treatment had been authorised for use in this indication via the Cancer Drugs Fund in 2018

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Merck & Co signs deal with Amathus for neurodegenerative diseases

Collaboration will focus on developing small molecules for undisclosed disease targets

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FDA advisory committee to review oncology accelerated approvals

Review comes after voluntary indication withdrawals for a number of cancer therapies

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