KEYTRUDA\u00ae (pembrolizumab) as Perioperative Treatment With Standard of Care (SOC) Adjuvant Therapy Significantly Improved Ev

  • RAHWAY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $MRK #MRK--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced results from the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-689 trial evaluating KEYTRUDA\u00ae (pembrolizumab), Merck's anti-PD-1 therapy, as a perioperative treatment regimen for patients with stage III or IVA, resected, locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LA-HNSCC). Results at the first interim analysis of the trial showed KEYTRUDA significantly improved event-free survival (EFS) as pa.