THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has approved MSD's anti-PD1 immunotherapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for the treatment of both metastatic first-line and advanced second-line non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
The approval means Australians with metastatic lung cancer can receive the drug without having first failed chemotherapy treatment.
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