Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has enjoyed a long run as the golden child of immuno-oncology, but its attempt to corner an even larger section of the market appears to have lost it a shot at the biggest segment of all.
Does CheckMate 026 Take Bristol Out Of The End Game?
Failure of Bristol's Opdivo in patients with lower expression of PD-L-1 biomarker gives Merck's Keytruda a huge advantage in first-line lung cancer, and leaves market-leading Bristol to wait for combination data.
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