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Roche "Disappointed" By ASCO Focus, Progressing CEA-CD3 Bispecific

 
• By Sten Stovall

Roche CEO Severin Schwan says analysts at ASCO missed a key APHINITY message on Herceptin follow-on Perjeta, and that the Swiss group will swiftly progress its CEA-CD3 bispecific to pivotal studies based on data presented there.

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Severin Schwan "Disappointed" By ASCO APHINITY Reactions • Source: Roche AG

Roche's Austrian CEO Severin Schwan has a reputation for being mild-mannered, diplomatic and very precise – so when he says he's "disappointed" by ASCO's reception of a key product presentation – namely the Phase III APHINITY trial examining use of Perjeta (pertuzumab), Herceptin (trastuzumab) and chemotherapy together in the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer – there is a loud message underneath.

"I am disappointed," he told Scrip when discussing the group's APHINITY presentation at the just-ended ASCO event in Chicago, during...

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