July 24, 2023

First-line Opdivo plus chemotherapy provides survival benefit in metastatic urothelial carcinoma (bladder cancer) – BMS

Frontline treatment with the combination of nivolumab (Opdivo) and cisplatin-based chemotherapy, followed by nivolumab monotherapy, led to a statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) compared with standard cisplatin-based chemotherapy regimens alone in previously untreated, cisplatin-eligible patients with unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma, according to data from the phase III CheckMate-901 trial (NCT03036098). The study met […]

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March 3, 2023

Alternative bladder cancer treatment emerges amid worldwide shortage of standard of care BCG

An on-going, worldwide shortage of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) means that many patients with a common and serious type of bladder cancer have limited access to this effective standard of care treatment. But, for the first time in almost 50 years, there appears to be a viable treatment alternative. A new study from the University of Iowa finds that a safe, […]

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July 6, 2022

CHMP recommends Opdivo for the adjuvant treatment of adults with muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma – BMS

Bristol Myers Squibb announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended approval of Opdivo (nivolumab) for the adjuvant treatment of adults with muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma with tumor cell PD-L1 expression greater than 1% who are at a high risk of recurrence after undergoing radical resection. The European Commission (EC), […]

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May 4, 2021

FDA oncological drugs advisory committee votes in support of Tecentriq in bladder cancer – Genentech/Roche

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April 22, 2021

FDA grants accelerated approval to Trodelvy for the treatment of metastatic urothelial cancer – Gilead Sciences

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