Bristol's Opdivo Delivers, But CheckMate 227 Uncertainties Cloud Quarter
Executive Summary
The use of the emerging tumor mutation burden biomarker and its relevance to the outcome of the CheckMate 227 study of Opdivo/Yervoy in first-line lung cancer was a hot topic during Bristol's Q3 earnings call, but questions remain.
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