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FDA approves Padcev + Keytruda for locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer

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FDA has approved Padcev (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) in combination with Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer (la/mUC). 

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