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MARCH 1, 2019

FDA Approves New Formulation of Herceptin

By SPC News Staff

The FDA approved trastuzumab and hyaluronidase-oysk injection for subcutaneous use (Herceptin Hylecta, Genentech). 

The approval was based on two randomized trials, HannaH and SafeHER.

In HannaH, 596 patients with HER2-positive operable or locally advanced breast cancer, including inflammatory breast cancer, were randomly assigned to receive eight cycles of either trastuzumab/hyaluronidase-oysk or IV trastuzumab (Herceptin) concurrently with chemotherapy, followed by