Yervoy approval

July 6, 2011

THE Therapeutic Goods Administration has approved Yervoy (ipilimumab) 3mg/kg, as a monotherapy for the treatment of patients with unresectable (inoperable) or metastatic melanoma who have failed or are intolerant to prior therapy. The approval is based on a trial involving 676 patients with previously treated treated, unresectable Stage IIIc or Stage IV melanoma. Results of the study showed survival rates at 1 and 2 years for patients treated in the YERVOY arm were 46 percent and 24 percent, respectively, compared to 25 percent and 14 percent at the same time points in the gp100 arm. Yervoy is the first TGA approved therapy for unresectable or metastatic melanoma to demonstrate a statistically significant improvement in overall survival. The TGA approval follows hot on the heels of its US approval by the Food and Drug Administration.

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Yervoy approval

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