A phase III study investigating Keytruda patients with advanced melanoma met two primary endpoints, demonstrating improvements in progression-free survival and overall survival compared to Yervoy. The study’s independent data monitoring committee recommended stopping the trial early.
In the absence of the federal funding, cancer research will be leaning on private funders. But few private funders have the freedom to ask fundamental questions—questions whose answers may not have an immediate clinical impact but can dramatically advance scientific knowledge.
