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Rare melanoma type highly responsive to immunotherapy

12 January 2018 | By European Pharmaceutical Review

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

12 September 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (European Pharmaceutical Review)

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

11 September 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (European Pharmaceutical Review)

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

28 January 2015 | By Bristol-Myers Squibb

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…

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