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High risk, high reward – the future of CAR-T therapy in CLL

Pharmaceutical Technology

According to GlobalData’s analyst consensus forecast, Yescarta is expected to reach peak sales of $1.8bn in 2028, and Kymriah is expected to reach sales of $686m in the same year. Autologous CAR-T agents are now becoming the standard of care for patients in the third line and later settings, providing lucrative returns for these agents.

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MSD’s Keytruda use in adenocarcinoma could be limited based on biomarker

Pharmaceutical Technology

Merck ( MSD ) has announced updated results with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in the Phase III Keynote-811 trial, which opens up the possibility of changing the checkpoint inhibitor’s label in HER2-positive gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma so it’s based on the tumour’s PD-L1 biomarker status. It showed promising event-free survival (EFS) of 62.4%