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Padcev-Keytruda Nears EU Nod for 1st Line Bladder Cancer
A combination therapy of Astellas Pharma/Pfizer’s antibody drug conjugate Padcev (enfortumab vedotin) and Merck’s PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) has gained the backing of European regulators for the frontline treatment of advanced bladder cancer. The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for…
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