Keyword: Opdivo

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Bristol-Myers Squibb and Transgene Test Cancer Drug

27.04.2017 - Bristol-Myers Squibb has announced another collaboration to use Opdivo in a combination cancer treatment, this time working with French biotech Transgene. The potential new therapy...

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Merck Settles Keytruda Patent Disputes

24.01.2017 - US drugmaker Merck has settled its patent dispute with rival Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and Japan’s Ono Pharmaceutical over cancer immunotherapy Keytruda. Under terms of the...

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BMS Lung Cancer Drug Fails Clinical Tests

12.10.2016 - The newly developed Bristol-Myers (BMS) lung cancer drug Opdivo, a so-called checkpoint inhibitor that stimulates the immune system so that it can attack malignant tumours, has...

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EU approves Novartis Drug for More Cancers

06.06.2016 - The European Commission has granted approval for Novartis’ Afinitor (everolimus) for treating unresectable or metastatic, well-differentiated non-functional neuroendocrine tumors...

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Opdivo from BMS Wins Another US Approval

24.05.2016 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Bristol-Myers Squibb’s (BMS) cancer drug, Opdivo, to treat classical Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL). The approval is the eighth for...

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Opdivo Gets US Breakthrough Status

27.04.2016 - US regulators have given a breakthrough designation to Bristol-Myers Squibb’s cancer drug Opdivo (nivolumab) for treating head and neck cancer. This is the fifth breakthrough...

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EU Broadens Scope for Opdivo

14.04.2016 - Bristol-Myers Squibb’s cancer drug Opdivo can now be used to treat more patients with lung cancer or kidney cancer after European regulators expanded its indications. The EU...

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After Pharma’s Patent Cliff

04.04.2016 - Analysts love looking into the future, particularly when it comes to big pharma’s prospect for growth and earnings. The industry experts of Morningstar see slowing patent losses...