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MSD announces additional approvals for Keytruda®

Aug 24, 2020

MSD announces Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) has received two additional approvals from the Japanese Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency:

  • new indication for the treatment of patients whose tumours are PD-L1-positive, and have radically unresectable, advanced or recurrent esophageal squamous cell carcinoma;

  • and an additional dosage regimen of 400mg every six weeks as an IV infusion over 30 minutes, across all adult indications.