Merck (MRK) Announces FDA Approval of WELIREG

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FDA Approves Merck’s WELIREG® (belzutifan) for the Treatment of Patients With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) Following a PD-1 or PD-L1 Inhibitor and a VEGF-TKI

December 14, 2023 7:00 PM EST

First and only hypoxia-inducible factor-2 alpha (HIF-2) inhibitor approved for these adult patients with advanced RCC

This approval of WELIREG marks the first time a new treatment has been approved in a novel therapeutic class in advanced RCC since 2015

RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved WELIREG, an oral hypoxia-inducible factor-2 alpha (HIF-2) inhibitor, for the treatment of adult patients... More