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Six-and-a-Half-Year Outcomes for Opdivo in Combination with Yervoy Continue to Demonstrate Durable Long-Term Survival Benefits in Patients with Advanced Melanoma


49% of patients treated with Opdivo
plus Yervoy
were alive at 6.5 years and 77% of these patients remained treatment-free
Data to be featured in an oral presentation during the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting
Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced new six-and-a-half-year data from CheckMate -067, a randomized, double-blind, Phase 3 clinical trial, demonstrating durable improvement in survival with first-line
Opdivo (nivolumab) plus
Opdivo monotherapy, versus
Yervoy alone, in patients with advanced melanoma. With a minimum follow-up of 6.5 years, median overall survival (OS) was 72.1 months with
Opdivo plus
Yervoy (95% CI: 38.2-NR), the longest reported median OS in a Phase 3 advanced melanoma trial, 36.9 months with ....

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