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Two things are crucial for Dr. Neysa Heyward as she faces down her aggressive HER-2 breast cancer: One is the drug Herceptin; the other is her family and friends. The 1969 South High School graduate will talk about the importance of the medical and ...

I biOasis Technologies Inc. (TSX VENTURE:BTI) announced today an update on the advancement of its anti-cancer product candidate BT2111. BT2111 is a brain-penetrating conjugate of trastuzumab (Herceptin®) and our Transcend vector designed to treat ...

Herceptin is a powder that is made up into a solution for infusion (drip into a vein). It contains the active substance trastuzumab. Herceptin is used to treat the following types of cancer: early breast cancer (when the cancer has spread within the ...

New study suggest that anti-HER2 treatments, like the widely used breast cancer agent trastuzumab (Herceptin), have anti-cancer effects in a small subset of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring specific HER2 protein mutations.

The FDA is picky about drug names. It's been known to reject brand monikers because they're too similar to others already out there in the market, worried that harried physicians and pharmacists might accidentally give patients the wrong one. But ...

"The blockbuster potential of cancer immune therapies is illustrated by the $1.66 Billion sales of Herceptin(2), a monoclonal antibody used to treat breast cancer, in 2011," said David Koos, Chairman and CEO of Bio-Matrix Scientific Group Inc. and ...

Cancer and flu powered Roche to an impressive 13% increase in U.S. pharma sales for the first quarter--and 6% growth in overall sales. The effects of a nasty flu season may wear off quickly, but two newly launched breast cancer drugs should help to ...

news headlines printer friendly Main Category: Breast CancerArticle Date: 02 May 2013A new blood test for women with breast cancer could identify more women who will benefit from the targeted treatment Herceptin without the need for uncomfortable ...

Non small cell lung cancer responds to Herceptin and other HER2 targeted therapies (dailyRx News) You may have heard of HER2-positive breast cancer. You may not know that this gene can also play a role in lung cancer. And anti-HER2 medications may ...