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Opdivo® (nivolumab) in Combination with Chemotherapy for Patients with Advanced or Metastatic Gastric Cancer, Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer, and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma, Regardless of PD-L1 Expression Status

The Pharma Data

In the trial of this patient population, Opdivo plus chemotherapy demonstrated superior overall survival (OS) compared to chemotherapy alone, both in all randomized patients (OS HR 0.80; 95% CI: 0.71 5 (OS HR 0.71; 95% CI: 0.61 5 (OS HR 0.71; 95% CI: 0.61 5: progression-free survival (PFS) HR 0.68; 95% CI: 0.58

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves Opdivo® (nivolumab) for the.

The Pharma Data

1 Opdivo reduced the risk of disease recurrence or death by 30% compared to placebo (Hazard Ratio [HR] 0.70, 95% CI: 0.57 n=142) for placebo; Opdivo reduced the risk of disease recurrence or death by 45% (HR 0.55, 95% CI: 0.39 months [95% Confidence Interval (CI): 16.5 months [95% CI: 8.3 to 13.9]). to 0.86; P =0.0008).

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Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Announces Appointment of New Chief Financial Officer

The Pharma Data

In his 19+ years career at Dr. Reddy’s, Saumen has contributed significantly, leading functions such as HR, Global Generics Operations, Quality, Finance, Legal and Digital & Process Excellence. Our major therapeutic areas of focus are gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, diabetology, oncology, pain management and dermatology.

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LENVIMA® (lenvatinib) Combination for Patients With Certain Types of Advanced Endometrial Carcinoma

The Pharma Data

The approval for this population is based on results from the pivotal Phase 3 KEYNOTE-775/Study 309 trial, in which KEYTRUDA plus LENVIMA demonstrated statistically significant improvements in overall survival (OS), reducing the risk of death by 32% (HR=0.68 [95% CI, 0.56-0.84];

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First LAG-3-Blocking Antibody Combination, Opdualag™ (nivolumab and relatlimab-rmbw), as Treatment for Patients with Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma

The Pharma Data

to 5.6); (Hazard Ratio [HR] 0.75; 95% CI: 0.62 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age or older with unresectable or metastatic melanoma.1 1 The approval is based on the Phase 2/3 RELATIVITY-047 trial, which compared Opdualag (n=355) to nivolumab alone (n=359).1,2

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First Anti-PD-1 in Combination With Chemotherapy Approved for the First-Line Treatment of Esophageal and GEJ Carcinoma, Regardless of Histology or PD-L1 Expression

The Pharma Data

For OS and PFS, KEYTRUDA plus FU and cisplatin reduced the risk of death by 27% (HR=0.73 [95% CI, 0.62-0.86]; 0.86]; p<0.0001) and reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 35% (HR=0.65 [95% CI, 0.55-0.76]; for the placebo arm, with a HR of 0.62 (95% CI, 0.49-0.78; for the placebo arm, with a HR of 0.86 (95% CI, 0.68-1.10).

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Top 30 Pharma and Biotech Companies in 2023: Statistics and Trends

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5) Ibrance (palbociclib) Ibrance is a chemotherapy drug indicated for hormone receptor positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2-) metastatic breast cancer. It also has a significant presence in consumer health sectors such as dermatology, nutritionals and allergy. billion in 2022. Astellas Pharma Inc.

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