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Immunotherapy's Benefits for Colon Cancer Survivors Continue Long After Treatment Stops
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20, 2023 – Many patients with advanced colon cancers who are successfully treated with immunotherapy and then stop those treatments appear to face little risk of tumor progression...
Nivolumab + Ipilimumab Tops Ipilimumab Alone in Metastatic Melanoma
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 23, 2023 – For patients with metastatic melanoma who receive frontline anti-programmed death protein 1 (PD-1) or therapy against programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 and whose tumors...
Immune-Based Cancer Drugs Offer Hope Against Penile Cancers
TUESDAY, Aug. 15, 2023 – Men who have a rare cancer of the penis may have a new treatment option, according to researchers who found promise in immunotherapy. This new study focused on cancer that...
Pharmacy-Level Stewardship Can Save on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
TUESDAY, July 11, 2023 – Adoption of pharmacy-level stewardship strategies for immune checkpoint inhibitors could generate sizable reductions in spending for these drugs, according to a study...
Determinants of Overall Survival in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma Identified
WEDNESDAY, July 12, 2023 – Factors associated with improved survival in metastatic uveal melanoma include female sex and use of anti‐cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen (CTLA)‐4 and ant...
FDA Approves Opdivo (nivolumab) + Yervoy (ipilimumab) as the First and Only Immunotherapy Treatment for Previously Untreated Unresectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) October 2, 2020 – Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that Opdivo (nivolumab) 360 mg every three weeks plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) 1 mg/kg every six weeks...
FDA Approves Opdivo (nivolumab) + Yervoy (ipilimumab) as First-Line Treatment of Patients with Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Whose Tumors Express PD-L1≥1%
PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) May 15, 2020 --Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that Opdivo (nivolumab) 3 mg/kg plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) 1 mg/kg (injections for intravenous use) was...
Opdivo (nivolumab) + Low-Dose Yervoy (ipilimumab) Combination Approved for Previously Treated MSI-H/dMMR Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
PRINCETON, N.J.-- July 11, 2018 (BUSINESS WIRE)--Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced Opdivo (nivolumab) 3 mg/kg plus low-dose Yervoy (ipilimumab) 1 mg/kg (injections for...
FDA Approves Opdivo (nivolumab) + Yervoy (ipilimumab) Combination as First-Line Treatment for Patients with Intermediate- and Poor-Risk Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) April 16, 2018 --Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced that Opdivo (nivolumab) 3 mg/kg plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) 1 mg/kg (injections for intravenous...
FDA Expands Approval of Yervoy (ipilimumab) to Include Pediatric Patients 12 Years and Older with Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma
PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) July 24, 2017 --Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the indication for Yervoy...
Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab) + Yervoy (ipilimumab) Regimen Receives Expanded FDA Approval in Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma Across BRAF Status
PRINCETON, N.J., January 23, 2016 --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Opdivo (nivolumab) in...
FDA Approves Yervoy to Reduce the Risk of Melanoma Returning after Surgery
October 28, 2015 – Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the approved use of Yervoy (ipilimumab) to include a new use as adjuvant therapy for patients with stage III melanoma, to...
BMS Receives FDA Approval for Opdivo (nivolumab) + Yervoy (ipilimumab) Regimen in BRAF V600 Wild-Type Melanoma
PRINCETON, N.J., October 1, 2015 --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Opdivo (nivolumab) in...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Yervoy (ipilimumab): Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) - Severe Immune-Mediated Adverse Reactions
ISSUE: Bristol-Myers Squibb informed healthcare professionals about the risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS), developed in collaboration with FDA, that is required to ensure that the...
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