Astellas Pharma said on March 23 that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted for review an application to expand the label of its antibody drug conjugate Padcev (enfortumab vedotin) plus Merck’s PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab). The filing seeks approval…
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