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Ono Chief Touts 3-Pronged Recipe for Opdivo Comeback as I/O Pioneer
In the face of Keytruda’s (pembrolizumab) increasing dominance in the lung cancer market, Ono Pharmaceutical President Gyo Sagara says his company has a three-pronged recipe to have Opdivo (nivolumab) regain ground in the PD-1 inhibitor space, with one being label…
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