Bris­tol-My­ers set to get a boost in Chi­na as Op­di­vo aces PhI­II lung can­cer study ear­ly

Bris­tol-My­ers Squibb ap­pears poised to win a big niche in Chi­na’s can­cer drug mar­ket. The com­pa­ny re­port­ed Thurs­day night that their Phase III com­par­ing their check­point in­hibitor Op­di­vo against do­c­etax­el — run pri­mar­i­ly in Chi­na — proved their ther­a­py was more ef­fec­tive in treat­ing sec­ond-line non-small cell lung can­cer pa­tients.

Bris­tol-My­ers $BMY is hold­ing on to the ac­tu­al da­ta on over­all sur­vival from Check­mate-078, but Chi­na’s FDA has the mar­ket­ing ap­pli­ca­tion un­der re­view. In­ves­ti­ga­tors re­cruit­ed 451 of 504 pa­tients in Chi­na.

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