Tag: Yervoy

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%
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%.

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

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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.

BMS and Novartis join forces to fight cancer
June 6, 2017 Off

BMS and Novartis join forces to fight cancer

By Dino Mustafić

Bristol-Myers Squibb and Novartis have entered into a clinical research collaboration to investigate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of Opdivo (nivolumab) and Opdivo + Yervoy (ipilimumab) regimen in combination with Mekinist (trametinib), as a potential treatment option for metastatic colorectal cancer in patients with microsatellite stable tumors where the tumors are proficient in mismatch repair (MSS mCRC pMMR).

FDA approved BMS’s Yervoy
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.