Yervoy/Nivolumab Combo Keying Bristol’s Immuno-Oncology R&D Strategy
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
At the Morgan Stanley Healthcare Conference, recently promoted CSO Francis Cuss spoke about Bristol’s plans to test a combination of Yervoy and nivolumab in a variety of tumor types. The pharma’s near-term goals also center on label expansion for Eliquis and filing the first all-oral combination regimen for hepatitis C in Japan.
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