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Nivolumab is approved in Japan for unresectable Melanoma- Ono/BMS
ONO Pharma has received manufacturing and marketing approval for the human anti-human PD-1 monoclonal antibody Opdivo Intravenous Infusion 20 mg/100 mg (nivolumab) for the treatment of unresectable Melanoma.
Ono Pharma is the first company in the world to get an approval for a PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor which it holds under licence for Japan, South Korea and Taiwan from BMS.