biliary tract cancer treatment

Jun 19, 2026

Summary The BTC treatment landscape is shifting from chemotherapy to precision oncology. While gemcitabine-based chemotherapy remains the backbone of first-line and advanced disease treatment, the field has increasingly moved toward biomarker-driven therapy and chemoimmunotherapy. Approved targeted therapies...

May 08, 2026

Summary BTC (including cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer) is a challenging malignancy with rising global incidence, especially in Asia and Latin America, driven by risk factors like chronic inflammation and liver flukes; ~65,000 incident cases in 7MM in 2025, projected to grow by 2036, with highest case...

Jul 08, 2025

Merck's WINREVAIR Gets FDA Priority Review for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Merck, also known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, announced that the FDA has accepted and granted Priority Review to the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for WINREVAIR (sotatercept-csrk). The application seeks to ...

Nov 27, 2023

The FDA has approved label extensions for two of the most crucial cancer medications globally—Merck’s Keytruda and Pfizer and Astellas’ Xtandi. Keytruda’s expanded indication now includes stomach cancer, permitting its usage alongside chemotherapy for first-line treatment in patients with locally advanced unresecta...