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Keytruda/Padcev Filed in Japan for 1st Line Bladder Cancer Treatment: MSD, Astellas
A combination therapy of MSD’s PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and Astellas Pharma’s antibody drug conjugate Padcev (enfortumab vedotin) has been filed for Japanese regulatory approval for the first-line treatment of bladder cancer. The drugs’ label expansions were announced by the…
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