The FDA approved Keytruda as a single agent for patients with first-line metastatic or unresectable colorectal cancer that carries the biomarker MSI-H or dMMR. The drug was the first to win a biomarker-based, tumor-agnostic label, in 2017.
Drug regulators in the U.S., Canada and Australia simultaneously approved Merck's Keytruda and Eisai's Lenvima for advanced endometrial carcinoma following a collaborative review under a program called Project Orbis.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
The study, by Personal Genome Diagnostics and academic researchers, was able to predict responses to checkpoint inhibitor therapy in patients with MSI-H and high tumor mutational burden.
The company also advanced a therapy, a personalized cancer vaccine in melanoma, into a Phase II study as the first patient in the trial consented.
The study, by US and Korean researchers, found Guardant360's detection of MSI-H/dMMR "highly concordant" with that of standard tissue biopsy, including in a subset of gastric cancer patients who responded to immunotherapy.
The KEYNOTE-119 study failed to show a survival benefit in TNBC patients. The news comes two months after the FDA gave accelerated approval to a rival, Roche's Tecentriq.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
The company said it had shared data from the Phase III study with the FDA. However, per FDA regulations, there is a risk that the accelerated approval for hepatocellular carcinoma could be withdrawn.