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Astellas Pharma said on December 17 that Padcev (enfortumab vedotin) plus Keytruda (pembrolizumab) has now delivered a survival win in cisplatin-eligible muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), after a PIII perioperative trial showed the regimen significantly improved outcomes versus standard cisplatin-based chemotherapy.…
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