Tag Archives: Opdivo

FDA Approves Opdivo (nivolumab) + Yervoy (ipilimumab) as the First and Only Immunotherapy Treatment for Previously Untreated Unresectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

PRINCETON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE) October 2, 2020 — Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that Opdivo (nivolumab) 360 mg every three weeks plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) 1 mg/kg every six weeks (injections for intravenous use) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable malignant pleural… Read More »

Bristol-Myers’ Opdivo fails late-stage brain cancer trial

FILE PHOTO: Logo of global biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb is pictured at the headquarters in Le Passage, near Agen, France March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (Reuters) – Bristol-Myers Squibb Co said on Thursday its immunotherapy Opdivo failed to meet the main goal of a late-stage trial testing it in patients with an aggressive form of… Read More »

Merck suits up for another Opdivo showdown with Keytruda liver cancer approval

Merck just advanced the Keytruda-Opdivo immuno-oncology rivalry into a brand-new arena. On Friday, the FDA handed Keytruda a new approval in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma—the most common form of liver cancer in adults—who have already been treated with Bayer’s Nexavar. That’s a group for which regulators cleared Opdivo, Keytruda’s chief nemesis in the PD-1/PD-L1 class,… Read More »