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MKKGY Merck KGaA (PK)

32.07
-0.37 (-1.14%)
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Name Symbol Market Type
Merck KGaA (PK) USOTC:MKKGY OTCMarkets Depository Receipt
  Price Change % Change Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Traded Last Trade
  -0.37 -1.14% 32.07 31.41 32.40 32.23 31.77 31.77 32,298 21:31:55

Merck KGaA Gets FDA Breakthrough-Therapy Designation for Tepotinib

11/09/2019 11:49am

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By Colin Kellaher

 

Merck KGaA (MRK.XE) Wednesday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted breakthrough-therapy designation to its tepotinib investigational therapy in a form of lung cancer.

The Darmstadt, Germany, science and technology company said the designation covers tepotinib in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer harboring MET exon 14 skipping alterations who progressed following platinum-based cancer therapy.

The FDA's breakthrough-therapy designation aims to expedite the development and review of a drug for serious conditions when preliminary clinical evidence shows the drug may show substantial improvement over available therapies.

Lung cancer is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide. Merck said alterations of the MET signaling pathway are found in 3% to 5% of non-small cell lung cancer cases and correlate with aggressive tumor behavior and poor clinical prognosis.

 

Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

September 11, 2019 06:34 ET (10:34 GMT)

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