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CheckMate-227 Lung Cancer Data Will Make or Break Opdivo’s Fate: Analyst
The future of Bristol-Myers Squibb/Ono Pharmaceutical’s anti-PD-1 antibody Opdivo (nivolumab) hinges on the final data expected to arrive this summer from CheckMate-227, a PIII study gauging the drug plus the anti-CTLA-4 antibody Yervoy (ipilimumab) in previously untreated non-small cell lung…
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