New Zealand's Pharmac will fund Opdivo® for eligible kidney cancer patients after prior therapy.

New Zealand's Pharmac will fund Opdivo® (nivolumab) for eligible patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma who have previously received anti-angiogenic therapy. This decision follows a government funding increase in June 2024. Opdivo is the first immunotherapy approved for this type of kidney cancer, which is the eighth most common cancer in New Zealand, with 671 new cases reported in 2022.

November 02, 2024
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