MSD said on May 12 that it has filed its PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in Japan for its label expansion into the first-line treatment of HER2-negative gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma in combination with chemotherapy. The submission rides on…
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