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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).
Subsequent full-year costs of therapy would be about $150,000 for Opdivo alone. Yervoy, which was introduced in 2011, generated $621 million in sales for Bristol in the first half of this year.Opdivo, launched late last year, had $162 million in sales for the same period.MY 1.37 % said Thursday the FDA approved the use of its drugs Yervoy and Opdivo for the treatment of advanced melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer.