Positive lung cancer data for Opdivo to support registration in China

16 April 2018
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Opdivo (nivolumab) developers Ono Pharmaceutical (TYO: 4528) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) have scored positive results for the therapy in the Phase III CheckMate-078 trial.

The study compares the flagship checkpoint inhibitor with the chemotherapeutic docetaxel in a predominantly Chinese population with previously treated advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Opdivo showed a statistically-significant benefit on the primary endpoint of overall survival, regardless of PD-L1 expression or tumor histology.

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