INTERIM ANALYSIS OF PHASE Ib/II STUDY OF ERIBULIN AND PEMBROLIZUMAB COMBINATION REGIMEN IN METASTATIC TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER PRESENTED AT SAN ANTONIO BREAST CANCER SYMPOSIUM
Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, “Eisai”) announced today that the results of an interim analysis of a Phase Ib/II clinical study (Study 218) of its in-house discovered and developed anticancer agent eribulin mesylate (halichondrin class microtubule dynamics inhibitor, product name: Halaven?, “eribulin”) in combination with the anti-PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab developed by Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA (known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada), in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer have been presented at the 39th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium held from December 6 to 10, 2016. Development of this combination regimen is being conducted jointly under the cooperation of both companies.