FDA Agrees to Priority Review of Opdivo for Gastric, Esophageal Cancers

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FDA Agrees to Priority Review of Opdivo for Gastric, Esophageal Cancers
January 23, 2021January 23, 2021
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review — under priority status — two applications requesting the approval of Opdivo (nivolumab) for treating several types of gastric and esophageal cancers. Opdivo is an immune checkpoint inhibitor marketed by Bristol Myers Squibb that has been approved, both alone and in combination with other medications, to treat different types of cancers. Because the therapy works by interfering with the PD-1/PD-L1 signaling cascade, which is…

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