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. 2016 Jul;4(14):267. doi: 10.21037/atm.2016.06.19

Table 1. Overview of currently approved compounds.

Compound Organization Disease Indication
Ipilimumab (1,2) FDA, EMA Cutaneous melanoma Advanced unresectable melanoma
FDA Adjuvant treatment of patients with melanoma with involvement of regional lymph nodes, after complete resection including total lymphadenectomy
Nivolumab (1,2) EMA, FDA Cutaneous, melanoma Advanced disease; unresectable or metastatic
EMA NSCLC Advanced disease squamous histology
FDA Renal cell carcinoma, NSCLC Advanced disease
Advanced disease, non squamous and squamous histology
Pembrolizumab (1,2) EMA, FDA Melanoma Advanced disease: unresectable or metastatic
FDA NSCLC Metastatic, PD-L1 expressing, with disease progression on or after platinum-containing chemotherapy
Nivolumab + ipilimumab (1) FDA Melanoma Advanced disease

FDA, Food and Drug Administration; EMA, European Medicines Agency; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer.