Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) panel has approved a revised handling policy for the CEA system for FY2026, with the health…
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I/O in Lung Cancer - 4: Bristol-Myers Looks to Regain Ground for Opdivo with Immunotherapy Combos
By Takashi Ebisawa Ono Pharmaceutical/Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab) has been the leader in the checkpoint inhibitor market since it earned the world’s first approval in Japan in 2014. With archrival Keytruda (pembrolizumab) notching up breakneck growth in the lung…
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