Tag: ipilimumab

September 28, 2019 Off

Five-Year Outcomes for Opdivo (nivolumab) in Combination with Yervoy (ipilimumab) Demonstrate Durable Long-Term Survival Benefits in Patients with Advanced Melanoma

By BusinessWire

Bristol-Myers squib’s Opdivo combined with Yervoy resulted in 52% of patients with being alive at five years, while 74% of patients treated with Opdivo plus Yervoy who were alive at five years remained treatment-free, the longest follow-up to date results for dual Immuno-Oncology (I-O) therapy in a Phase 3, randomized, controlled trial showed.

October 29, 2015 Off

FDA approved BMS’s Yervoy

By Dino Mustafić

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved BMS’s Yervoy (ipilimumab) 10 mg/kg for the adjuvant treatment of patients with cutaneous melanoma with pathologic involvement of regional lymph nodes of more than 1 mm who have undergone complete resection including total lymphadenectomy.