Incyte and Merck Expand Clinical Collaboration to Include Phase 3 Study Investigating the Combination of Epacadostat with Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) as First-line Treatment for Advanced Melanoma

Dateline City: WILMINGTON, Del. and KENILWORTH, N.J. Pivotal study to evaluate Incyte’s IDO1 inhibitor in combination with Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy in patients with advanced or metastatic melanoma WILMINGTON, Del. and KENILWORTH, N.J. -- Incyte Corporation (Nasdaq: INCY) and Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the expansion of the companies’ ongoing clinical collaboration to include a Phase 3 study evaluating the combination of epacadostat, Incyte’s investigational selective IDO1 inhibitor, with Keytruda® (pembrolizumab), Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as first-line treatment for patients with advanced or metastatic melanoma. Language: English read more
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