Roche Digs In To Early Breast Cancer With New Perjeta Approvals

Better than expected FDA labeling for rising star Perjeta in neoadjuvant (before surgery) and adjuvant (after surgery) breast cancer could boost sales greatly beyond expectations, some analysts say.

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Roche's HER2 franchise got a boost with new early breast cancer approvals for Perjeta. Above, immunohistochemistry for HER2 shows positive cell membrane staining in infiltrating ductal carcinoma.

Genentech Inc./Roche has strengthened its foothold in early breast cancer with a new supplementary US FDA approval for the rising HER2 franchise star Perjeta covering use in the adjuvant (after surgery) setting and full approval in the neoadjuvant (before surgery) line of therapy.

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