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Kadcyla on course for European approval following CHMP opinion

 
• By Sukaina Virji

Roche has secured a positive opinion from the EU's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use ( CHMP) for its oncology candidate Kadcyla, an antibody-drug conjugate which is a follow-up to the breast cancer blockbuster Herceptin.

Roche has secured a positive opinion from the EU's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use ( CHMP) for its oncology candidate Kadcyla, an antibody-drug conjugate which is a follow-up to the breast cancer blockbuster Herceptin.

The CHMP recommended approval of Kadcyla (trastuzumab emtansine or T-DM1) as a single agent for the treatment of adult patients...

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