Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer Announce First Patient Treated in Phase III Combination Study with Avelumab and INLYTA® in Renal Cell Carcinoma

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Go back to Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Pfizer Announce First Patient Treated in Phase III Combination Study with Avelumab and INLYTA® in Renal Cell Carcinoma

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