ipilimumab

Though she might have gotten a placebo, it turned out she did receive the chemical compound the companies were testing, called ipilimumab.

Drug Makers Refill Parched Pipelines Jonathan D. Rockoff 2011

The therapy, called ipilimumab, also gives fresh validation to efforts to attack cancer by enlisting the body's own immune system.

Cancer Therapy Approved Jonathan D. Rockoff 2011

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Nice has yet to decide whether the treatment, which is also known as ipilimumab, will be available on the NHS.

WalesOnline - Home 2011

The Food and Drug Administration announced approval of the drug Yervoy, which is also known as ipilimumab, for late-stage melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer.

The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com 2011

After two years, more than 20 percent of those who got Yervoy, also known as ipilimumab, were alive, compared with 13.7 percent for the control group.

NYT > Home Page By ANDREW POLLACK 2011

Researchers also reported that combining the standard chemotherapy drug dacarbazine with a new compound that simulates the immune system known as ipilimumab, or Yervoy, improved the chances that advanced melanoma patients would survive.

The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Rob Stein 2011

The therapy, a drug called ipilimumab, is designed to let the immune system more effectively use T cells to attack and kill the tumors.

Cincinnati.Com - All Local News 2010

An experimental immunotherapy drug called ipilimumab being developed by Bristol-Myers

canada.com Top Stories 2010

The drug is called ipilimumab, (ip-ee-LIM-uh-mab), and is made by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. The U.S.

ABC News: Top Stories 2010

An experimental immunotherapy drug called ipilimumab being developed by Bristol-Myers

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010