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BMS Sighs In Relief As Opdivo Returns To Sales Growth

 
• By Joseph Haas

With full-year 2020 and Q1 sales down due to pandemic, the company celebrates the PD-1 therapy’s growth in Q2. CAR-T products Breyanzi, Abecma are off to solid launches but face manufacturing hurdles.

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BMS reports 16% year-over-year sales growth for Q2 2021

Bristol Myers Squibb Company was able to highlight some key positives for its immuno-oncology business in releasing its second quarter sales and earnings on 28 July, chiefly that its PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor Opdivo (nivolumab) has returned to growth after a pandemic-related decline and that prospects look good for adding new checkpoint inhibitor classes. But there are negatives as well – in the form of the failure of Opdivo plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) in gastric cancer and manufacturing issues for its CAR-T products

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