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European Commission approves Opdivo combination for unresectable or metastatic UC

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The European Commission has approved Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo (nivolumab) in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma. 

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