1.0Merck.comhttps://www.merck.comMerck.comhttps://www.merck.comMerck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Receives Four New Approvals in Japan, Including in High-Risk Early-Stage Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) - Merck.comrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ZqHsrYnp3R"><a href="https://www.merck.com/news/mercks-keytruda-pembrolizumab-receives-four-new-approvals-in-japan-including-in-high-risk-early-stage-triple-negative-breast-cancer-tnbc/">Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Receives Four New Approvals in Japan, Including in High-Risk Early-Stage Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.merck.com/news/mercks-keytruda-pembrolizumab-receives-four-new-approvals-in-japan-including-in-high-risk-early-stage-triple-negative-breast-cancer-tnbc/embed/#?secret=ZqHsrYnp3R" width="600" height="338" title="“Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Receives Four New Approvals in Japan, Including in High-Risk Early-Stage Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)” — Merck.com" data-secret="ZqHsrYnp3R" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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KEYTRUDA now approved for 23 uses in 13 different types of cancer in Japan Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced that KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, received four new approvals from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW): KEYTRUDA in combination with chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment, and then continued as monotherapy as adjuvant treatment after surgery for patients with hormone receptor-negative and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative breast cancer at high risk of recurrence, based on data from the KEYNOTE-522 trial; KEYTRUDA as monotherapy for the adjuvant treatment of certain patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) at increased risk of recurrence following nephrectomy, or following nephrectomy and resection of metastatic lesions, based on data from the KEYNOTE-564 trial; KEYTRUDA in combination with chemotherapy, with or without bevacizumab, for the treatment of patients with advancedhttps://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20220927005190r1&sid=acqr8&distro=nx&lang=en