Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab) 240 mg every two weeks or 480 mg every four weeks (injection for intravenous use) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the adjuvant treatment of patients with urothelial carcinoma who are at high risk of recurrence after undergoing radical resection, regardless of prior neoadjuvant chemotherapy, nodal involvement or PD-L1 status.
Shares of CStone Pharmaceuticals were up after Pfizer invested $200 million into the company for a nearly 10% stake to support the development of a checkpoint inhibitor aimed at the oncology market in China.
Vaccinex Inc. will pair the company’s lead asset pepinemab with Merck & Co.’s vaunted checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Bristol Myers Squibb Co.’s combination therapy for previously untreated patients with a form of lung cancer, a much-needed boost as the company battles the dominance of Merck’s Keytruda.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda as a monotherapy for patients with recurrent locally advanced or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus whose tumors express PD-L1 with disease progression after one or more previous lines of systemic therapy.
Merck’s checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in combination with chemotherapy hit the primary endpoint in the company’s Phase III KEYNOTE-522 in triple-negative breast cancer.
With the books closed on another ASCO meeting, it’s clear to see that checkpoint inhibitors keep showing a promise.
EMD Serono and Pfizer announced that the U.S. FDA approved Bavencio (avelumab) in combination with Inlyta (axitinib) for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.
The outlook remains bright due to a favorable regulatory arena, support for biopharma-friendly legislation and development incentives, expanding scientific opportunities in key therapeutic areas such as immuno-oncology, and big pharma’s continued push to obtain innovation.
Dupilumab, Regeneron/Sanofi Dupilumab is the first systemic therapy to demonstrate positive Phase III results in patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis. The serious, chronic inflammatory skin disease is marked by widespread […]