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Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) presented new long-term data from the Phase 3 EMERGENT-4 and EMERGENT-5 trials evaluating COBENFY in adults with schizophrenia over 52 weeks. The trials demonstrated continued improvement in schizophrenia symptoms and maintenance of effect. EMERGENT-4 showed 69% of participants achieved ≥30% symptom improvement, while EMERGENT-5 showed 30% of participants had ≥30% reduction in PANSS total score. COBENFY was generally well-tolerated with no new safety issues, showing weight loss of approximately 2kg across both trials. Qualitative interviews revealed that 86% of participants reported Quality of Life improvements within six weeks of treatment.

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) reported strong Q3 2024 results with revenues of $11.9 billion, up 8% year-over-year. The Growth Portfolio revenues reached $5.8 billion, increasing 18%. GAAP EPS was $0.60 and Non-GAAP EPS was $1.80, including a net impact of $(0.09) due to Acquired IPRD charges. U.S. revenues increased 9% to $8.2 billion, while International revenues grew 7% to $3.7 billion. The company achieved U.S. approval for Cobenfy for schizophrenia treatment and raised its 2024 revenue guidance to approximately +5% (+6% excluding foreign exchange), with updated Non-GAAP EPS range of $0.75 to $0.95.

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) will present new clinical and health economics data for COBENFY™ (xanomeline and trospium chloride) at Psych Congress 2024 in Boston, October 29 - November 2. The presentations will showcase results from the 52-week EMERGENT-4 and EMERGENT-5 trials, focusing on safety, efficacy, and patient satisfaction in treating adult schizophrenia.

Key presentations include long-term safety data, patient satisfaction studies, quality of life changes, and comparative efficacy analyses versus other antipsychotics. The research demonstrates COBENFY as a differentiated treatment option, following its recent FDA approval. Presentations will take place in the Exhibit Hall on October 31 and November 1.

Bristol Myers Squibb announced FDA approval of Opdivo® (nivolumab) for the perioperative treatment of adult patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The approval is based on the CheckMate-77T trial, where Opdivo with chemotherapy showed significantly longer event-free survival compared to chemotherapy alone. Key findings include:

- 42% reduction in risk of disease recurrence, progression, or death
- 70% 18-month event-free survival rate vs 50% in control arm
- 25% pathologic complete response rate vs 4.7% in control arm

Opdivo is now the only PD-1 inhibitor approved for resectable NSCLC in both neoadjuvant-only and perioperative regimens. This expands Bristol Myers Squibb's thoracic portfolio and reinforces their commitment to early-stage disease treatment.

Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) announced positive results from two trials demonstrating Sotyktu (deucravacitinib) efficacy in moderate-to-severe scalp psoriasis and real-world settings. The Phase 3b/4 PSORIATYK SCALP trial showed Sotyktu's superiority over placebo across all primary and secondary endpoints at Week 16. Notably, 48.5% of Sotyktu-treated patients achieved clear/almost clear scalp psoriasis compared to 13.7% on placebo.

The real-world RePhlect registry analysis revealed that six months of Sotyktu treatment was consistent with efficacy outcomes observed in previous clinical studies. Patients achieved significant decreases in disease severity measures, with 67.9% reaching PASI scores ≤3 and 64.1% achieving BSA ≤3%.

Sotyktu's safety profile in PSORIATYK SCALP was consistent with previous trials. These results reinforce Sotyktu as a potential oral standard of care for moderate-to-severe psoriasis, especially with scalp involvement.

PureTech Health announced that KarXT, now marketed as Cobenfy, has received FDA approval for treating schizophrenia in adults. This milestone triggers $29 million in payments to PureTech and unlocks potential future payments and royalties. Cobenfy, invented by PureTech, is the first new drug mechanism approved in over 50 years for schizophrenia treatment.

The approval validates PureTech's unique R&D model, which has now produced three FDA-approved therapeutics. PureTech has generated approximately $1.1 billion from its involvement with Karuna Therapeutics, which was recently acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb. This success enables PureTech to self-fund the advancement of several programs, including LYT-100 for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, with topline data expected by year-end.

Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) has received FDA approval for COBENFY™ (xanomeline and trospium chloride), a first-in-class oral medication for treating schizophrenia in adults. This groundbreaking approval marks the first new pharmacological approach to schizophrenia treatment in decades, targeting M1 and M4 receptors without blocking D2 receptors.

The approval is based on the EMERGENT clinical program, which demonstrated significant reductions in schizophrenia symptoms compared to placebo. In Phase 3 trials, COBENFY showed 9.6-point and 8.4-point reductions in PANSS total scores compared to placebo at week five.

COBENFY's safety profile has been established in acute and long-term trials. Common adverse reactions include nausea, dyspepsia, and constipation. The drug does not carry atypical antipsychotic class warnings or a boxed warning.

Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) announced new data from the Phase 3 DAYBREAK trial for Zeposia (ozanimod) in treating relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. The study demonstrated:

1. Sustained decreased rates of brain volume loss for up to 5 years of continuous treatment.
2. Low and stable rates of whole brain volume loss through Month 60.
3. Declining or stable incidence rates of treatment-emergent adverse events over 8+ years.
4. Consistent reductions in brain volume loss when switching from interferon beta-1a to Zeposia.

The data reinforces Zeposia's established safety and efficacy profile as an effective oral therapy for multiple sclerosis, particularly for newly diagnosed patients.

Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) released 10-year follow-up data from the CheckMate -067 Phase 3 trial showing continued long-term survival benefits of Opdivo® plus Yervoy® in advanced melanoma patients. At ten years, 43% of patients treated with the combination were still alive, compared to a 1-year survival rate of 25% a decade ago. Results showed a median overall survival (OS) of 71.9 months for the combination therapy, 36.9 months for Opdivo alone, and 19.9 months for Yervoy alone. These findings were presented at the ESMO Congress 2024 and published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The study included 945 patients, highlighting that durable clinical benefits were observed across subgroups, including those with BRAF mutant and wild-type tumors. Safety data showed no new adverse signals, and Grade 3/4 treatment-related adverse events were consistent with prior findings.