Breakthrough liver cancer treatment: Merck’s new drug combo slashes disease progression risk by 34%

Breakthrough liver cancer treatment: Merck’s new drug combo slashes disease progression risk by 34%

Merck & Co., Inc. (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) and Eisai Co., Ltd. have announced encouraging results from the first interim analysis of the Phase 3 LEAP-012 trial evaluating the efficacy of KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab), an anti-PD-1 therapy by Merck, combined with LENVIMA (lenvatinib), an orally available multiple receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor […]

FDA approves Eisai and Merck’s Lenvima for first-line treatment of liver cancer

FDA approves Eisai and Merck’s Lenvima for first-line treatment of liver cancer

In a significant development for cancer treatment, Eisai and Merck have announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lenvima (lenvatinib) for the first-line treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of primary liver cancer in adults. This approval marks a pivotal advance, offering a new treatment option for patients […]