Bristol-Myers Squibb Receives Positive Decision from NIH for YERVOY

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

is pleased to announce that today the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has decided to recommend YERVOY® (ipilimumab), which is approved in the European Union for the treatment of previously-treated metastatic (advanced) melanoma, within the Final Appraisal Determination (FAD). This important decision will enable eligible patients in England and Wales to routinely access treatment with YERVOY through the National Health Services (NHS). “Today's decision is very welcome news and marks a major milestone in the treatment of advanced melanoma,” said Dr. Paul Lorigan, Senior Lecturer in Medical Oncology, the Christie NHS Foundation Trust. “Ipilimumab's potential to provide a long-term survival benefit