Regulatory approval

Published by the Health Canada. Approved

OPDIVO, as monotherapy, is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy. Patients with EGFR or ALK genomic tumour aberrations should have disease progression on a therapy for these aberrations prior to receiving OPDIVO.

This is written in the approval document.

Citation

Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada. Opdivo (nivolumab) [product monograph]. Health Canada website. https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00083469.PDF. Revised February 2026. Accessed April 2026.

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

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