With The Launch Of Yervoy, Early Signs Of R&D Success For Bristol

Four years ago, Bristol management changed course and established the company as a pure play biopharma. Now, with the launch of Yervoy for metastatic melanoma and a late-stage pipeline that is chock-full, the strategy appears about to pay off. CEO Lamberto Andreotti and R&D president Elliott Sigal talked with IN VIVO about the launch of Yervoy and how Bristol, relying on R&D productivity, not diversification, is on track to overcome the extensive patent losses ahead.

By Jessica Merrill

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. stands poised over one of the steepest patent cliffs in the industry with the loss of Plavix (clopidogrel) approaching in May 2012. Unlike some of its...

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