New Findings Show Durable Anti-Tumor Activity with KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), Merck’s Anti-PD-1 Therapy, in Patients with Advanced Head and Neck Cancer, Regardless of PD-L1 Expression Status

Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. Results from KEYNOTE-012, the First and Largest Study to Date of an Anti-PD-1 Therapy in Head and Neck Cancer, to be Presented at 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting KEYTRUDA Monotherapy Achieved Overall Response Rate of 25 Percent in Heavily Pre-treated Patients Merck is Advancing a Broad Head and Neck Clinical Program for KEYTRUDA with Five Clinical Trials, Across Multiple Lines of Therapy and in Combination with Other Agents KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced new investigational data evaluating KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), the company’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as a monotherapy from the KEYNOTE-012 Phase 1b study in 132 pre-treated patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer, regardless of PD-L1 expression status. Language: English Contact: MerckMedia:Pamela Eisele, 267-664-0282Claire Mulhearn, 908-200-1889orInvestors:Joseph Romanelli, 908-740-1986Justin Holko, 908-740-1879 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK ...
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