Ono, Kyowa, BMS partner in immunotherapy combos

The efficacy promise presented by combinations of new cancer immunotherapies was a major factor behind Pfizer's recent huge alliance with Merck KGaA. On a smaller scale, it is now the driving force behind a new planned clinical study in Japan with Ono Pharmaceutical and Bristol-Myers Squibb's first-in-class PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor.

The efficacy promise presented by combinations of new cancer immunotherapies was a major factor behind Pfizer's recent huge alliance with Merck KGaA. On a smaller scale, it is now the driving force behind a new planned clinical study in Japan with Ono Pharmaceutical and Bristol-Myers Squibb's first-in-class PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor.

The Phase I trial will assess the antibody Opdivo (nivolumab) in combination with mogamulizumab, Kyowa Hakko Kirin's anti-CCR4 antibody. Ono...

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