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Keytruda’s Global Sales Cross US$10 Billion Mark in 2019, Tops Opdivo’s Including Asia
US Merck’s anti-PD-1 antibody Keytruda (pembrolizumab) broke the US$10 billion mark in its global sales for the first time in 2019, beating Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab) including its revenue booked by partner Ono Pharmaceutical in Japan and other Asian markets.…
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