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FDA grants orphan drug designation to Merck’s M7824 in biliary tract cancer

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FDA has granted orphan drug designation to M7824, the first regulatory designation for the bifunctional immunotherapy, for the treatment of biliary tract cancer. The designation follows the recent presentation of the first clinical data for M7824 in BTC at the European Society of Medical Oncology congress in October.

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