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ARTICLE | Product Development

Indications on deck for Keytruda

Where Merck is taking Keytruda next amid growing competition in the PD-1/PD-L1 landscape

June 6, 2020 12:12 AM UTC

Merck’s strategy for facing down growing competition in the PD-1 and PD-L1 landscape involves continuous expansion into new market segments for Keytruda, and there are still plenty for the market leader to capture.

Keytruda pembrolizumab from Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK) has been approved for 15 cancer types across different disease subsets and in various combinations, but an analysis of the anti-PD-1 mAb’s clinical trial line-up suggests that’s only the tip of the iceberg. ...