Nivolumab in skin cancer: additional benefit upgraded on the basis of an indirect comparison

Federal Joint Committee (G-BA)

16 September 2021 - For nivolumab (Opdivo), the pharmaceutical company was able to achieve a significantly better result in a second benefit assessment than in the first. 

The Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) certified a "considerable" additional benefit on the basis of a so-called indirect comparison with the standard therapy. 

In its assessment, the G-BA examined whether nivolumab is better than standard therapy as a supportive treatment after surgery for black skin cancer with lymph node involvement or metastases.

Read G-BA press release [German]

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