Merck Provides Update on KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Indication in Metastatic Small Cell Lung Cancer in the US
KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the company is voluntarily withdrawing the U.S. indication for KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) for the treatment of patients with metastatic small cell lung cancer (SCLC) with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy and at least one other prior line of therapy. The withdrawal of this indication was done in consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Merck is working to complete this process over the coming weeks. This decision does not affect other indications for KEYTRUDA, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy.