BMS Opdivo To Make Splash in Blood Cancer
Executive Summary
New data show that Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s Opdivo (nivolumab) has promise in treating Hodgkin's lymphoma reinforcing the notion that checkpoint inhibitors have potential in a broad range of cancers.
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