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Ipilimumab costs $120,000 for four treatments, and nivolumab is priced at $12,500 a month, the Wall Street Journal reported. Serious Side Effects. However, the ipilimumab with nivolumab combination comes with serious side effects, such as colitis (swelling of the colon), diarrhea and problems with the endocrine glands (which produce hormones).
Keytruda, approved for the treatment of metastatic melanoma, will cost about the same. Yervoy, approved in 2011 for patients with either previously treated or newly diagnosed advanced melanoma, costs $130,000 for a 12-week course, and some patients take more than one course.ince 2000, the average price of new cancer drugs has increased from between $5,000 and $10,000 per year to more than $120,000 per year, while the average household income for a family of four has dropped by 8 percent over the last decade to $52,000, Kantarjian and colleagues say.