Ono Pharmaceutical’s anti-PD-1 antibody Opdivo (nivolumab) rang up sales of 82.6 billion yen in April-December 2016, up 76.9 billion yen, or 1,360.4%, from a year earlier, with the majority of the rise apparently coming from its lung cancer use approved…
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