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June to apply for U.S. approval – MK-3475

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- February 6, 2014 at 8:33 am
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JerryfromFauq
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Merck said it expects by June to apply for U.S. approval to sell the drug for advanced melanoma.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/merck-partners-to-jointly-test-hot-cancer-drug/2014/02/05/6a51efc4-8e94-11e3-878e-d76656564a01_story.html

The drug, known as MK-3475,is part of a promising new class of cancer “immunotherapy” designed to make the immune system regain its ability to identify and then target cancer cells.

In some cancer types, the tumor cells often have a protein on their surface called PD-L1 that essentially acts as an invisibility cloak. Merck’s MK-3475 and similar drugs can block that protein, or a corresponding one called PD-1 found on T cells, a crucial immune system component, thus making tumor cells visible.

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- - February 6, 2014 at 12:23 pm
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  tschmith
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  That is wonderful news!!!!!
  
  Terrie
- - February 6, 2014 at 12:23 pm
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  tschmith
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  That is wonderful news!!!!!
  
  Terrie
- - February 6, 2014 at 12:23 pm
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  tschmith
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  That is wonderful news!!!!!
  
  Terrie
- - February 6, 2014 at 5:21 pm
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  Nadia
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  Great news indeed! Anybody has any ideea what is the time frame from the moment the application was submitted until the drug is available on the market?
- - February 6, 2014 at 5:21 pm
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  Nadia
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  Great news indeed! Anybody has any ideea what is the time frame from the moment the application was submitted until the drug is available on the market?
- - February 6, 2014 at 5:21 pm
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  Nadia
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  Great news indeed! Anybody has any ideea what is the time frame from the moment the application was submitted until the drug is available on the market?

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