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Rare melanoma type highly responsive to immunotherapy
Moffitt Cancer Center researchers have discovered that patients with desmoplastic melanoma are more responsive to immune-activating anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapies than previously assumed.
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Nivolumab superior to ipilimumab for adjuvant treatment of melanoma
Adjuvant nivolumab has been found to be more superior than ipilimumab in the standard of care in patients with surgically resected stage III/IV melanoma...
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Nivolumab cuts relapse by one third compared to Ipilimumab
Alternative immunotherapy drug nivolumab is more effective than current standard of care in treating advanced melanoma after surgical removal of disease.
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Novartis & Bristol-Myers Squibb to collaborate on cancer treatments
7 June 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor
Novartis has entered into a research collaboration in which Bristol-Myers Squibb will investigate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of Mekinist...
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N is for Nivolumab
1 December 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Editor
N is for Nivolumab - the next instalment of our daily pharmaceutical alphabet bringing you up to date with all the latest research...
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SMC ‘U-turn’ offers lifeline to Scottish skin cancer patients
8 August 2016 | By Bristol-Myers Squibb
The SMC initially refused access to nivolumab for Scottish patients, having taken a different view to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which approved it to treat patients in England and Wales. However, following a review of additional evidence, the SMC decision has been reversed, bringing access…
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SMC accepts five new medicines for use in NHS Scotland
11 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The SMC has accepted five new medicines for routine use in NHS Scotland including lung cancer treatments nivolumab and crizotinib...
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Thomson Reuters names most promising drugs of 2015
24 March 2015 | By Victoria White
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has released the 2015 edition of its annual Drugs to Watch report...
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Bristol-Myers Squibb reports fourth quarter and full year 2014 financial results
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) today reported results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2014, which were highlighted by strong global sales for priority brands and important advances in the company’s immuno-oncology (I-O) portfolio.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pharmacyclics and Janssen announce clinical collaboration to evaluate OPDIVO® (nivolumab) and IMBRUVICA®(ibrutinib) in non-Hodgkin lymphoma
13 October 2014 | By Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY), Pharmacyclics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCYC), and Janssen Research & Development, LLC announced today they have entered into a clinical trial collaboration agreement to evaluate the safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s investigational PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor OPDIVO® (nivolumab) in combination with IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib), an oral Bruton's…
