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Keytruda receives Positive EU CHMP Opinion in combination with chemotherapy as first-line treatment for certain patients with esophageal cancer or HER2- GEJ adenocarcinoma

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency as adopted a positive opinion recommending approval of Keytruda in combination with platinum- and fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic carcinoma of the esophagus or human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma in adults whose tumors express PD-L1 (Combined Positive Score [CPS] ≥10).