KEYTRUDA ® (pembrolizumab) Shows Overall Response Rates of 73 to 83 Percent, with Complete Response Rates of 27 to 30 Percent, in Heavily Pre-treated Patients with cHL, in Update to Study KN-087

< div class= " field field-type-text field-field-press-release-city field-fieldpressreleasecity " > < div class= " field-label " > Dateline City: < /div > < div class= " field-items " > < div class= " field-item odd " >
KENILWORTH, N.J. < /div > < /div > < /div > < div class= " field field-type-text field-field-press-release-subheadline field-fieldpressreleasesubheadline " > < div class= " field-items " > < div class= " field-item odd " > < p > Findings Support Initiation of Phase 3 Pivotal Study (KEYNOTE-204) Evaluating KEYTRUDA Versus Brentuximab Vedotin in Relapsed or Refractory cHL < /p > < /div > < /div > < /div > < p > KENILWORTH, N.J.--( < a target= " _blank " href= " http://www.businesswire.com " > BUSINESS WIRE < /a > )--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada,
today announced the first-time presentation of findings from
KEYNOTE-087, the phase 2 study investigating the use of KEYTRUDA < sup > ® < /sup > (pembrolizumab),
the company ’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as a monotherapy in patients with
relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). These data will
be presented today at the 52 < sup > nd < /sup > Annual Meeting of the American
Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago from 8:00 – 11:30 a.m. < /p > < div class= " field field-type-text field-field-press-release-language field-fieldpressreleaselanguage " > < div class= " field-label " ...

Source: Merck.com - Research and Development News - June 6, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Oncology Newsroom Research and Development News Corporate News Latest News #Merck #MRK $MRK ASCO cancer Keytruda MSD Source Type: news