YERVOY? (Ipilimumab) Approved For The Treatment Of Previously-Treated Advanced Melanoma In The EU

Bristol-Myers Squibb announced that the European Commission has approved YERVOY? (ipilimumab) for the treatment of adult patients with previously-treated advanced melanoma. YERVOY, an innovative immunotherapy, showed long-term survival in the treatment of patients with advanced melanoma in a randomised, double-blind Phase III study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in June 2010.[1] Based on the survival (Kaplan-Meier) curve, the 1 and 2-year estimated survival rates for patients treated with YERVOY were 46% and 24% respectively vs...

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