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Merck (MRK) Granted FDA Approval of KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) for Adult & Pediatric Patients with Unresectable or Metastatic, Microsatellite Instability-High (MSI-H) or Mismatch Repair Deficient Cancer

May 23, 2017 4:36 PM EDT

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new indication for KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), the companys anti-PD-1 therapy. KEYTRUDA is now indicated for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with unresectable or metastatic, microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficient

solid tumors that have progressed following prior treatment and who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options, orcolorectal cancer that has progressed following treatment with a fluoropyrimidine,... More