BMS' Opdivo/Yervoy OK'd; 1st U.S. Immuno-Oncology Combo

Bristol-Myers Squibb on Oct. 1 revealed it had gained the FDA's blessing under an accelerated approval to market Opdivo (nivolumab) plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) to treat patients with BRAF V600 wild-type unresectable or metastatic melanoma – the first immuno-oncology combination regimen approved in the U.S. in cancer.