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KENILWORTH, N.J.
Opinion for KEYTRUDA Based on Efficacy and Safety Data in More than 1,500 Patients with Advanced Melanoma as Both First-Line Therapy and in those Previously Treated
KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada,
today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use
(CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive
opinion recommending approval of KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab),
the companys anti-PD-1 therapy, for the treatment of advanced
(unresectable or metastatic) melanoma, as both first-line therapy and in
previously treated patients.
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MerckMedia:Pam Eisele, 267-305-3558Claire Mulhearn, 908-236-1118orInvestors:Joseph Romanelli, 908-740-1986Justin Holko, 908-740-1879
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