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In CheckMate -577, Opdivo
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Approval expands the role of Opdivo
in earlier stages of disease, with two indications in the adjuvant setting across three types of cancer
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PRINCETON, NJ, USA I May 20, 2021 I Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved
Opdivo
® (nivolumab, injection for intravenous use) for the adjuvant treatment of completely resected esophageal or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer with residual pathologic disease in patients who have received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT).
1 The approval is based on results from the Phase 3 CheckMate -577 trial that evaluated
Opdivo (n=532) compared to placebo (n=262) in esophageal or GEJ cancer patients with residual pathologic disease following neoadjuvant CRT and complete resection. ....

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