Category: North America

April 5, 2022 Off

Bristol Myers Squibb Receives European Commission Approval for Opdivo (nivolumab) Plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) as First-Line Treatment for Patients with Unresectable Advanced, Recurrent or Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma with Tumor Cell PD-L1 Expression ≥ 1%

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The European Commission (EC) has approved Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab) in combination with Yervoy (ipilimumab) for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable advanced, recurrent or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) with tumor cell PD-L1 expression ≥ 1%.

April 3, 2022 Off

Junshi Biosciences Announces FDA Approval of Investigational New Drug Application for Anti-CD112R Monoclonal Antibody for Treatment of Advanced Solid Tumors

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Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd (“Junshi Biosciences,” HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for its anti-CD112R monoclonal antibody (TAB009/JS009) for the treatment of advanced solid tumors.

April 2, 2022 Off

BMS’s Mavacamten Demonstrated Significant Reduction in Need for Septal Reduction Therapy in Symptomatic Obstructive HCM Patients in Phase 3 VALOR Trial

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Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) has announced results from the Phase 3 VALOR-HCM study, which showed the addition of mavacamten, an investigational, first-in-class cardiac myosin inhibitor, significantly reduced the need for septal reduction therapy (SRT) in patients with severely symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (obstructive HCM) who had been appropriate for SRT per the 2011 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Guidelines at baseline.