Opdivo's Failure In First-Line Lung Cancer Prompts Rethink On Trial Endpoints
Executive Summary
Merck's Keytruda gains huge advantage in first-line lung cancer as Bristol's stumble in patients with lower expression of PD-L-1 biomarker raises questions about cut-off levels in trials.
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