Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jul 2022
Bristol Myers Squibb receives positive CHMP opinion recommending approval for LAG-3-blocking antibody combination Opdualag (nivolumab and relatlimab) for treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma
22 July 2022 - Recommendation based on results from the Phase 2/3 RELATIVITY-047 trial, in which the fixed-dose combination of the PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab and novel LAG-3-blocking antibody relatlimab more than doubled median progression-free survival compared to nivolumab monotherapy.
Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended approval of the fixed-dose combination of nivolumab and relatlimab for the first-line treatment of advanced (unresectable or metastatic) melanoma in adults and adolescents 12 years of age and older with tumour cell PD-L1 expression < 1%.
