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Data favor Merck, Eisai’s Keytruda-Lenvima as the winner in kidney cancer, but window still open for Bristol Myers: analyst

The immuno-oncology data showdown between team Merck and team Bristol Myers Squibb in kidney cancer appears to have a winner in the eyes of at least one analyst. But that doesn’t mean the other party has lost the fight. After last week’s American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, Merck and Eisai’s Keytruda-Lenvima combo is the “clear… Read More »

Promising treatment to slow kidney disease doesn’t prove out in clinical trial

Historically, half or more of people with type 1 diabetes develop kidney disease, which frequently progresses to kidney failure requiring hemodialysis or a kidney transplant for survival. The high rate of this diabetic complication has dropped slightly in recent years, with the advent of better ways to control blood glucose (sugar) levels and improved blood… Read More »