FDA approves third Herceptin biosimilar with Samsung Bioepis\' Ontruzant

FDA approves third Herceptin biosimilar with Samsung Bioepis' Ontruzant

06:26 EST 22 Jan 2019 | Pharmafile

Samsung Bioepis’ has announced that the FDA has chosen to approve Ontruzant (trastuzumab-dttb), its biosimilar version of Roche’s Herceptin (trastuzumab), in the same indications as its reference product.

This includes three cancer indications: as an adjuvant treatment of HER2-overexpressing breast cancer, metastatic breast cancer and metastatic gastric cancer or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma in patients who have not received prior treatment for metastatic disease.

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