BUSINESS

Keytruda, Opdivo, Tagrisso Breach 100 Billion Yen Sales Mark in FY2021: Tally

By Tomohiro Osakabe July 22, 2022
MSD’s I/O stalwart Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and its archrival Opdivo (nivolumab) were two top-selling drugs in Japan in FY2021, with their sales breaking the 100-billion-yen mark along with AstraZeneca’s EGFR inhibitor Tagrisso (osimertinib), a Jiho tally showed. Keytruda pulled in sales…

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