ImmunoGen Announces Approval of Roche's Kadcyla in EU

ImmunoGen

today announced that the European Commission has granted marketing approval for Kadcyla (trastuzumab emtansine; ado-trastuzumab emtansine in the US) in the European Union (EU). This event triggers a $5 million milestone payment to ImmunoGen. Kadcyla has been approved for the treatment of adult patients with HER2-positive, unresectable locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who previously received Herceptin® (trastuzumab) and a taxane, separately or in combination. Patients should have either: (1) received prior therapy for locally advanced or metastatic disease or (2) developed disease recurrence during or within six months of completing