The European Commission Has Approved Merck's Keytruda (Pembrolizumab) As Part Of The Treatment Regimen For Resectable Locally Advanced Head And Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Author: Benzinga Newsdesk | October 29, 2025 05:48am
KEYTRUDA monotherapy now approved as neoadjuvant treatment, continued as adjuvant treatment combined with radiotherapy with or without concomitant cisplatin then as monotherapy
Based on results of KEYNOTE-689, this represents the first and only approval in the European Union for an anti-PD-1 treatment option for adults with resectable LA-HNSCC whose tumors express PD-L1 (CPS >1)