July 18, 2019
Three companies to evaluate the combination of Bayer’s kinase inhibitor Stivarga and BMS’s Opdivo
Bayer, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“Ono”) announced today the three companies have entered into a clinical collaboration agreement to evaluate the combination of Bayer’s kinase inhibitor Stivarga® (regorafenib) and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s / Ono’s anti-PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor, Opdivo® (nivolumab) in patients with micro-satellite stable metastatic colorectal cancer (MSS mCRC), the most common form of mCRC.1