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Approval Alert: MSD’s Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) Approved in Korea for HER2-negative Gastric Cancer

Mar 11, 2024

On 11 March 2024, Korea Biomedical Review reported that Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)’s anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab) was approved in Korea as a 1st-line treatment for HER2-negative gastric cancer in combination with fluoropyrimidine and platinum-based chemotherapy.  Keytruda® is the first immuno-oncology drug approved in Korea for the treatment of all types of HER2-positive and negative metastatic gastric cancer.