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Bristol Myers Squibb s Opdivo shows promise as adjuvant melanoma treatment

Bristol Myers Squibb s Opdivo shows promise as adjuvant melanoma treatment
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Investors were cheered by good news from the lab.

Bristol Myers Squibb Announces Adjuvant Treatment with Opdivo (nivolumab) Demonstrated Statistically Significant and Clinically Meaningful Improvement in Recurrence-Free Survival (RFS) in Patients with Stage IIB/C Melanoma in the CheckMate -76K Trial

BMS Opdivo/Yervoy improves long-term survival for melanoma patients

BMS’ Opdivo/Yervoy improves long-term survival for melanoma patients 24th May 2021 Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab) plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) combination has demonstrated ‘durable improvement in survival’, according to new long-term data from a Phase III trial. According to 6.5 year data from CheckMate-067, median overall survival (OS) for patients with advanced melanoma was 72.1 months with Opdivo plus Yervoy, compared with 36.9 months for patients received Opdivo alone and 19.9 months for Yervoy monotherapy. In a statement, BMS said this represented the longest reported median OS in a Phase III advanced melanoma trial. Opdivo plus Yervoy also demonstrated a 6.5-year progression-free survival (PFS) rate of 34%, versus 29% and 7% for Opdivo alone and Yervoy alone, respectively.

Six-and-a-Half-Year Outcomes for Opdivo in Combination with Yervoy Continue to Demonstrate Durable Long-Term Survival Benefits in Patients with Advanced Melanoma

49% of patients treated with Opdivo plus Yervoy were alive at 6.5 years and 77% of these patients remained treatment-free Data to be featured in an oral presentation during the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced new six-and-a-half-year data from CheckMate -067, a randomized, double-blind, Phase 3 clinical trial, demonstrating durable improvement in survival with first-line Opdivo (nivolumab) plus Opdivo monotherapy, versus Yervoy alone, in patients with advanced melanoma. With a minimum follow-up of 6.5 years, median overall survival (OS) was 72.1 months with Opdivo plus Yervoy (95% CI: 38.2-NR), the longest reported median OS in a Phase 3 advanced melanoma trial, 36.9 months with

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