NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ImClone Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today announced that they have submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to broaden the use of ERBITUX® (cetuximab) to include first-line treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy (cisplatin/vinorelbine). Bristol-Myers Squibb is ImClone’s partner for ERBITUX in North America. The FDA will notify ImClone whether it has accepted the submission for review in February 2009.
