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Still waiting on call from BMS about Anti PD-1 but in the mean time I found this….

Forums General Melanoma Community Still waiting on call from BMS about Anti PD-1 but in the mean time I found this….

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    LynnLuc
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      Based on the data, senior vice president of Global Development and Medical Affairs at Bristol-Myers Squibb Brian Daniels noted that the drugmaker "plan[s] to initiate registrational studies for anti-PD-1 in non-small-cell lung cancer and renal cell carcinoma this year and late 2012, early 2013 for metastatic melanoma." Leerink Swann analysts suggested that PD-1 inhibitors such as BMS-936558, which Bristol-Myers Squibb is developing with Ono Pharmaceutical, "could be the most exciting clinical and commercial opportunity in oncology,

      Based on the data, senior vice president of Global Development and Medical Affairs at Bristol-Myers Squibb Brian Daniels noted that the drugmaker "plan[s] to initiate registrational studies for anti-PD-1 in non-small-cell lung cancer and renal cell carcinoma this year and late 2012, early 2013 for metastatic melanoma." Leerink Swann analysts suggested that PD-1 inhibitors such as BMS-936558, which Bristol-Myers Squibb is developing with Ono Pharmaceutical, "could be the most exciting clinical and commercial opportunity in oncology," partly because such drugs might be able to treat a variety of cancers. Other companies developing compounds that work by similar mechanisms include GlaxoSmithKline, Merck & Co., Roche and Teva.

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