Tag Archives: Treatment

FDA Approves Expanded Monotherapy Label for Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for First-Line Treatment of NSCLC

Print this page KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an expanded label for Keytruda, Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, as monotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who are not… Read More »

Wales to become a ‘global player’ in cancer treatment using therapy which treated Ashya King

Wales to become a ‘global player’ in cancer treatment as pioneering centre opens offering proton beam that saved Ashya King to NHS patients The first UK centre using the method was officially opened today  Rutherford Cancer Centre has been treating cancer patients since April 2018  Ryan Scott, 23, is the first NHS Wales patient to… Read More »

Expert: Turkey beats West in stem cell treatment

Turkey provides cutting-edge medical services, including stem cell transplants, to millions – including the refugees it hosts – said a Turkish professor of hematology. Fevzi Altuntaş told Anadolu Agency (AA) that Turkey emulated developed countries in the West in its drive to offer patients high-end medical services. Altuntaş, founder of Turkish cord blood and bone… Read More »