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Nobel laureate behind Bristol-Myers’ I-O superstar Opdivo demands a bigger cut

Opdivo, the blockbuster cancer drug Bristol-Myers Squibb co-developed with Japan’s Ono Pharmaceutical, is a cash cow in the global market. But a Nobel laureate who helped create the drug isn’t happy with his cut. Tasuku Honjo, a Japanese immunologist and Nobel Prize winner for his identification of the immune cell protein PD-1, wants to renegotiate… Read More »

Cancer could be 'stalled' but world will never be rid of it, Nobel laureates say

The winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine say they expect substantial advances toward treating cancer in the next several decades, although it is unlikely the disease could be eradicated. James Allison of the United States and Tasuku Honjo of Japan made the assessments at a Thursday news conference ahead of receiving the 9… Read More »