Safety Profile Of Merck’s Anti-PD-1 Keytruda Shines In FDA Labeling
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Priced at $12,500/month, Keytruda will be ready to ship within one week of FDA approval for relapsed melanoma after failure of Yervoy and a BRAF inhibitor. Approval could spur interest in off-label use of PD-1 inhibitor as a first-line treatment.
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