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Keytruda + Padcev reduced risk of EFS and death for muscle-invasive bladder cancer when given before and after surgery

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Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus Padcev (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) reduced the risk of event-free survival events by 47% and reduced the risk of death by 35% when given before and after surgery versus neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who are eligible for cisplatin-based chemotherapy. 

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