First PD-1 inhibitor approved-- works in entirely different way on immune system

[Lani]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/05/business/merck-wins-approval-of-novel-immune-system-drug-for-cancer.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpBlogHeadline&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

approval for melanoma

trials for other cancers initiated/ soon to be initiated

['lizbeth]

I saw the FDA approval.

I am happy to see more treatments being approved, for melanoma, and for others, especially lung cancer.