Astellas Pharma said on January 8 that it has won Chinese regulatory approval for the label expansion of its antibody-drug conjugate Padcev (enfortumab vedotin) for a combination therapy with Merck’s PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab). The Chinese National Medical Products Administration’s…
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