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Today the company reported a first-quarter loss as charges related to its acquisitions of Karuna Therapeutics, RayzeBio and Mirati Therapeutics offset a 5% increase in revenue.

The company has resumed dismissing employees as part of an ongoing workforce reduction of about 10%.

Bristol Myers Squibb on Saturday unveiled interim data from the Phase III open-label EMERGENT-4 study, showing that the investigational antipsychotic KarXT (xanomeline and trospium) can elicit significant and sustained symptom improvement in patients with schizophrenia.

Today the agency allowed the use of Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY.N) and 2seventybio’s cell therapy Abecma in less severely affected patients with a type of blood cancer.

Bristol Myers Squibb’s $4.8 billion acquisition of Mirati pays off with strong data from the KRYSTAL-12 study of Krazati, showing that the KRAS inhibitor significantly improves progression-free survival.

BMS said its experimental drug to treat Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory bowel condition, did not help patients achieve disease remission in a late-stage study.

Bristol Myers Squibb secured another late-phase immuno-oncology victory Wednesday, showing that the combination of Opdivo and Yervoy improved overall survival in a patient population served by rival checkpoint inhibitors from AstraZeneca and Roche.

The initiative spotlights the resilience of around two million Americans with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, aiming to amplify their voices, underscoring the strength of their inner vibe, the “it” factor that makes someone uniquely them. The campaign signifies a shift in dialogue from the challenges associated with the condition to empowering individuals to confidently navigate their plaque psoriasis in partnership with their dermatologists.

The FDA approved Bristol Myers Squibb’s Breyanzi for chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic leukemia prior to Friday’s adcomm for the company’s other CAR-T therapy, Abecma.

Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo was recently granted FDA approval in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine as a first-line treatment for metastatic urothelial carcinoma. With this approval, Opdivo positions itself to compete with Merck & Co’s immune checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda in combination with Astellas and Pfizer’s Padcev, a nectin-4-directed antibody-drug conjugate, according to GlobalData.