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Pivotal Data Put Roche's Kadcyla In Position For Earlier Breast Cancer

 
• By Emily Hayes

KATHERINE supports filings for earlier use of Kadyla in adjuvant setting of breast cancer.

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Roche's antibody-drug conjugate Kadcyla looks well positioned for approval for adjuvant treatment of breast cancer, following the release of positive top-line findings from the KATHERINE study on Oct. 15.

Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab emtansine) includes Roche's HER-2 antibody Herceptin (trastuzumab) and the chemotherapy DM1 joined together with a stable linker. The...

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