Bristol-Myers wins US Opdivo approval three months early
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
The US FDA granted accelerated approval for Bristol-Myers Squibb's programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor Opdivo (nivolumab) for the treatment of advanced melanoma more than three months earlier than expected.
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