Bristol’s Opdivo Is First Checkpoint Inhibitor Cleared For Blood Cancer

FDA granted Opdivo an ultra-rapid approval for the treatment of classical Hodgkin lymphoma that has relapsed or progressed, making it the first PD-1 inhibitor approved for hematological cancer.

Even for a drug class accustomed to fast reviews, FDA granted an ultra-rapid accelerated approval to Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.’s Opdivo (nivolumab) with its May 17 clearance for Hodgkin lymphoma.

The approval was fast even by FDA’s recent expeditious standards for life-saving medicines that have been granted breakthrough therapy designation and accelerated reviews

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