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APRIL 12, 2022

Nivolumab Indicated as Neoadjuvant NSCLC Treatment

Originally published by our sister publication, Pharmacy Practice News.

By PPN News Staff

The FDA approved nivolumab (Opdivo, Bristol Myers Squibb) in combination with platinum-doublet chemotherapy to treat adults with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the neoadjuvant setting.

The combination—to be administered every three weeks for three cycles—was approved regardless of programmed death ligand-1 tumor expression level.

“The approval of nivolumab with