Tag: nivolumab

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.

January 7, 2019 Off

Mirati and BMS to combine sitravatinib and nivolumab for certain non-small cell lung cancer patients in Mirati’s expected Phase 3 trial

By Dino Mustafić

Mirati Therapeutics and Bristol-Myers Squibb will work together on evaluating the combination of sitravatinib and nivolumab (OPDIVO), in Mirati’s planned Phase 3 trial in second line non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who have progressed following treatment with a platinum-based regimen and a checkpoint inhibitor.