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FDA Approves Opdivo (nivolumab) + Yervoy (ipilimumab) as a First-Line Treatment for Unresectable or Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) April 11, 2025 – Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Opdivo® (nivolumab) plus Yervoy® (...

FDA Approves Opdivo (nivolumab) + Yervoy (ipilimumab) as a Treatment for Patients with Previously Untreated Microsatellite Instability-High or Mismatch Repair Deficient Unresectable or Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Apr 08, 2025 --  Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Opdivo® (nivolumab) plus Yervoy® (i...

Nivolumab Added to Chemo Improves Response in ER+, HER2− Breast Cancer

THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2025 – For patients with high-risk, early-stage estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative primary breast cancer (BC), adding...

FDA Approves Opdivo Qvantig (nivolumab and hyaluronidase-nvhy) Subcutaneous Injection for Use in Most Previously Approved Solid Tumor Opdivo (nivolumab) Indications

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) December 27, 2024 – Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval for Opdivo Qvantig (nivolumab...

Entinostat + Nivolumab Yields Durable Results in Some Pancreatic Cancer Patients

FRIDAY, Nov. 22, 2024 – Combination treatment with entinostat and nivolumab results in durable responses in a small subset of patients with advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA), according...

Science Reveals Why Cancer Immunotherapies Can Sometimes Harm the Heart

FRIDAY, Nov. 8, 2024 – Researchers think they’ve figured out why cancer treatments that harness a person’s immune system to fight a tumor can cause heart damage in rare instances. Further, what the...

Monthly News Roundup - October 2024

FDA Approves AbbVie’s Vyalev to Treat Advanced Parkinson Disease In October, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Vyalev (foscarbidopa and foslevodopa) for the treatment of motor f...

New Combo Drug Therapy Halves Death Risk From Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 – Jenna Cottrell is a young sports reporter working for a TV station in the Rochester, N.Y., area. She's also a survivor of advanced Hodgkin lymphoma, who first got...

Progression-Free Survival Improved With Nivolumab + AVD in Hodgkin Lymphoma

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 – For patients with stage III or IV Hodgkin lymphoma, nivolumab with doxorubicin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (N+AVD) yields longer progression-free survival (PFS) than...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves Perioperative Treatment of Neoadjuvant Opdivo (nivolumab) and Chemotherapy Followed by Surgery and Adjuvant Single-Agent Opdivo for Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) Oct 03, 2024 – Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Opdivo ® (nivolumab) for the treatment of ...

Long-Term Survival Benefit Seen for Nivolumab in Advanced Melanoma

THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 – For patients with advanced melanoma, there is a survival benefit for nivolumab plus ipilimumab and for nivolumab monotherapy compared with ipilimumab monotherapy,...

Perioperative Nivolumab Beneficial for Resectable NSCLC

THURSDAY, Sept. 12, 2024 – For patients with resectable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), perioperative nivolumab is associated with event-free survival (EFS) benefit compared with neoadjuvant...

Neoadjuvant Nivolumab, Ipilimumab Safe for dMMR Colon Cancer

WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – Neoadjuvant nivolumab plus ipilimumab has an acceptable safety profile in patients with locally advanced mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) colon cancer, according to a study...

ASCO: Neoadjuvant Ipilimumab + Nivolumab Ups Survival in Resectable Melanoma

WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 – Neoadjuvant ipilimumab plus nivolumab followed by surgery results in longer event-free survival than surgery followed by adjuvant nivolumab among patients with resectable,...

Perioperative Nivolumab Tops Chemo for Survival in Resectable Lung Cancer

FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 – For patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), perioperative treatment with nivolumab results in significantly longer event-free survival, according to a...

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