The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended pembrolizumab (Keytruda) manufactured by MSD to treat melanoma, the most common form of skin cancer.
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FDA Fast Tracks Treatment for Select Stage IIB to IV Malignant Melanoma
KIN-2787 is a potential treatment for BRAF class II or III alteration-positive and/or NRAS mutation-positive, metastatic or unresectable, stage IIB to IV malignant melanoma.
New Zealand approves melanoma reimbursement for Opdivo
New Zealand’s Pharmaceutical Management Agency, or PHARMAC, has given a reimbursement approval for Bristol-Myers Squibb’s ($BMY) Opdivo (nivolumab) to treat melanoma, while still in a back-and-forth with Merck ($MRK) on Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for the same indication.
Losing Nemo: Array pulls skin cancer NDA for binimetinib
Array BioPharma has yanked its NDA to the U.S. regulator for its late-stage melanoma candidate binimetinib after the agency told the biotech its phase 3 Nemo data wouldn’t cut it.