Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Reports Positive Results for Melanoma Drug
A regulatory filing for ipilimumab, based on a study known as 020, is currently under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other health authorities worldwide. The filings are based on study 020, which assessed overall survival in previously-treated unresectable stage III or stage IV melanoma patients. Study 020 compared ipilimumab 3 mg/kg + gp100 vaccine vs. gp100 vaccine alone and ipilimumab along vs. gp100 vaccine alone. The PDUFA date for the U.S. filing is March 26, 2011.
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