Keytruda's Broad Confirmatory Trials Suggest Evolution Of US FDA’s Accelerated Approval Model
Executive Summary
FDA’s most recent accelerated approvals for Merck’s Keytruda call for confirmatory trials in a broader patient population than the approved indications, in the latest example of FDA’s growing comfort with multi-purpose confirmatory trials in the PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor space.
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