Bris­tol-My­er­s' check­point com­bo scores in PhI­II study; As­traZeneca hands Cir­cas­sia pos­i­tive da­ta for COPD drug; Wood­ford apol­o­gizes again

⇨ Bris­tol-My­ers Squibb did get some good news on the check­point front to­day. The com­pa­ny says that their com­bi­na­tion of Op­di­vo and Yer­voy scored good re­sults for over­all sur­vival in ad­vanced re­nal cell car­ci­no­ma in their Check­Mate -214 study, com­par­ing their com­bo to suni­tinib. An­a­lysts say the good re­sults for two es­tab­lished drugs is like­ly to trig­ger a quick OK from reg­u­la­tors.

⇨ The UK’s Cir­cas­sia got a new lease on life af­ter the col­lapse of its failed al­ler­gy meds when it li­censed Du­ak­lir and Tu­dorza from As­traZeneca. And now the phar­ma gi­ant is hand­ing over pos­i­tive re­sults from a COPD study that the biotech be­lieves will open the door to a valu­able US mar­ket.

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