Merck's Keytruda succeeds in key lung cancer trial


Merck & Co Inc's blockbuster drug Keytruda in combination with two chemotherapy drugs was successful as a first line treatment for lung cancer, results from a key late-stage study showed on Tuesday. The results present a challenge to Swiss drugmaker Roche and Merck's U.S. rival Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, both of which are developing key lung cancer combination treatments of their own.



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