Senator Warren urged the US Patent and Trademark Office to carefully review Merck's Keytruda

Published Date: 02 Mar 2023

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has sent a letter to the nation's leading patent attorney asking for further review of Merck's new patent application for its cancer drug Keytruda, which seeks to block the drug. , he said.

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