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Combining Keytruda, Imprime PGG Nearly Doubles Survival Rate for TNBC Patients Compared to Keytruda Alone

Apr 30, 2020
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Christie Rizk

NEW YORK – The combination of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy pembrolizumab (Merck's Keytruda) with Imprime PGG, a dectin receptor agonist being developed by Biothera Pharmaceuticals, nearly doubled the median overall survival rate for metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC) patients in a Phase II clinical trial of the combination compared to pembrolizumab monotherapy.

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