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No Clear Winner in BMS, Exelixis/Ipsen First-line Renal Cancer Race

 
• By Kevin Grogan

While the CheckMate-214 data on the Opdivo/Yervoy combo made the headlines at ESMO, a closer look at the results show there is plenty of room for Cabometyx to have sizeable market share.

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B-MS and Exelixis/Ipsen's renal cancer drugs are battling to be first-line therapy • Source: Shutterstock

The battle lines have been drawn between Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Exelixis Inc. and partner Ipsen after strong data presented at the recent European Society for Medical Oncology congress in Madrid on their respective first-line renal cell carcinoma therapies saw both being touted as potentially practice-changing.

First up, even before the doors opened at ESMO, top-line results from an interim analysis were unveiled by BMS from the CheckMate-214 Phase III trial looking at its PD-1 inhibitor...

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