New KEYTRUDA ® (pembrolizumab) Data Accepted for Presentation at SITC 2016 Annual Meeting

Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. First Presentation of Overall Survival Data in Patients with Advanced Bladder (Urothelial) Cancer from KEYNOTE-045 StudyKENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that new data investigating the use of KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), the company ’s anti-PD-1 therapy, in patients with previously treated advanced urothelial cancer will be presented at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer’s (SITC) 31st Annual Meeting, Nov. 9-13.Language: EnglishContact: MerckMedia:Pamela Eisele, 267-305-3558orKim Hamilton, 908-740-1863orInvestors:Teri Loxam, 908-740-1986orAmy Klug, 908-740-1898Ticker Slug:Ticker:MRKExchange:NYSEread more
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