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CHMP recommends approval of Opdivo + Yervoy for unresectable or advanced HCC

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The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency recommended approval of Opdivo (nivolumab) plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) from Bristol Myers Squibb for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable or advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, based on results from the phase III CheckMate-9DW trial. The CHMP opinion will now be reviewed by the European Commission.

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