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Padcev/Keytruda Accepted for Chinese Review for 1st Line Bladder Cancer Use
Chinese regulatory authorities have accepted for review an application for a combination therapy of Astellas Pharma’s antibody drug conjugate Padcev (enfortumab vedotin) and Merck’s PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for frontline use in bladder cancer. Astellas said on March 28 that…
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