Keytruda, Opdivo Set To Challenge Tecentriq In Bladder Cancer

Phase III trial of Merck's Keytruda stops early with survival benefit as FDA accepts filing of Bristol's Opdivo, which has breakthrough therapy status and priority review.

The days may be numbered for Roche's Tecentriq as the only programmed death inhibitor in the market for bladder cancer following FDA’s acceptance of a filing for Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s Opdivo and positive Phase III data in the KEYNOTE-045 study of Merck & Co. Inc.'s Keytruda.

Merck announced Oct. 21 that the KEYNOTE-045 study of its PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in 542 patients with previously treated...

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