Merck’s checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in combination with chemotherapy hit the primary endpoint in the company’s Phase III KEYNOTE-522 in triple-negative breast cancer.
Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG’s U.S. unit Genentech Inc. won approval for the immunotherapy Tecentriq for a tough-to-treat type of lung cancer.
Celgene Corporation today announced that the Phase III IMpassion130 study, which was sponsored by Roche, met its co-primary endpoint of progression-free survival.