Amgen and Merck Announce Expansion of Collaboration to Support Studies of Talimogene Laherparepvec in Combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer

Dateline City: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. and KENILWORTH, N.J. Companies Also Plan to Initiate Phase 3 Trial in Combination for Advanced Melanoma THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. and KENILWORTH, N.J., - May 29, 2015 – Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) and Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, today announced an expanded collaboration to evaluate the efficacy and safety of talimogene laherparepvec, Amgen’s investigational oncolytic immunotherapy, in combination with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, in a Phase 1, open-label trial of patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). Language: English read more
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