Opdivo® (nivolumab) Receives FDA Approval for Certain Patients with Previously Treated Small Cell Lung Cancer

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves Opdivo® (nivolumab) as the First New Medication in Nearly 20 Years for Certain Patients with Previously Treated Small Cell Lung Cancer

(BMS) Aug 17, 2018 – Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced that Opdivo (nivolumab) received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as the first and only Immuno-Oncology treatment option for patients with metastatic small cell lung cancer (SCLC) whose cancer has progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy and at least one other line of therapy.

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