Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Opdivo-Yervoy Combo Filed in Japan for Melanoma
Ono Pharmaceutical and Bristol-Myers Squibb said that their anti-PD-1 antibody Opdivo (nivolumab) was filed in Japan for its combination therapy with the anti-CTLA-4 antibody Yervoy (ipilimumab) for the treatment of melanoma. Both immuno-oncology drugs are already approved for melanoma as…
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