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U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves OPDIVO® (nivolumab) in combination with CABOMETYX® (cabozantinib) as first-line treatment for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma

January 23, 2021

In CheckMate -9ER, OPDIVO in combination with CABOMETYX doubled median progression-free survival and objective response rate and showed superior overall survival vs. sunitinib1 Approved across all International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium risk categories1,2 Approval expands Company’s presence in first-line advanced

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NFL giving free Super Bowl tickets to 7,500 health workers

January 22, 2021

FILE – Cutout photos of people, including first responders and healthcare workers, sit in seats in Gillette Stadium before an NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the Buffalo Bills in Foxborough, Mass., in this Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, file

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U.S. coronavirus cases are falling, but variants could erase progress

January 22, 2021

New daily cases are starting to slow in what some health experts see as a turning point. But they warn of a bumpy vaccination rollout amid the emergence of more contagious variants. — NYT: Top Stories

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepts for Priority Review Application for Opdivo® (nivolumab) combined with chemotherapy as first-line treatment in metastatic gastric cancer, gastroesophageal junction cancer and esophageal adenocarcinoma

January 20, 2021

U.S. Food and Drug Administration assigned a target action date of May 25, 2021 PRINCETON, N.J. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — $BMY #BMS—Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its supplemental Biologics License

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Topcon announces eyeRISE 2021 virtual symposia & expo

January 18, 2021

Two-Day Special Event Will Showcase The Latest Innovations in Eye Care OAKLAND, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#RDx–Topcon Healthcare, a leading provider of medical devices and software solutions for the global eye care community, announced today that it will host a two-day virtual symposia and expo

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India starts vaccinating its 1.3 billion people

January 16, 2021

The campaign is unfolding in India, a country that has reported more than 10 million coronavirus infections. — NYT: Top Stories

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Sidelining experts, Brazil bungled its immunization plans

January 16, 2021

FILE – In this Dec. 23, 2020 file photo, a woman participates in a protest against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the new coronavirus pandemic in Brazilia, Brazil. The country hasn’t approved a single vaccine yet, and independent health experts who

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ENHERTU® approved in the U.S. for the treatment of patients with previously treated HER2 positive advanced gastric cancer

January 16, 2021

First HER2 directed medicine approved for patients with gastric cancer in a decade TOKYO & MUNICH & BASKING RIDGE, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) and AstraZeneca’s ENHERTU® (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) has been approved in the U.S. for the treatment of

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Confused about the vaccine rollout? You’re not alone

January 15, 2021

Friday: The New York State’s vaccine rollout is not going smoothly. — NYT: Top Stories