Bristol’s Opdivo Is First Checkpoint Inhibitor Cleared For Blood Cancer
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
FDA granted Opdivo an ultra-rapid approval for the treatment of classical Hodgkin lymphoma that has relapsed or progressed, making it the first PD-1 inhibitor approved for hematological cancer.
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