Too many copies of the HER2 gene or its overexpression appeared to cause an especially aggressive form of the disease. By the late ’90s, a drug called Herceptin that targeted the HER2 receptor, sped ...

Ann Marie Rogers won a landmark victory to make the breast cancer drug Herceptin more widely available. Here, she explains what drove her. But others are asking if the treatment really lives up to ...

The FDA has approved Amgen and Allergan’s biosimilar of Roche’s Herceptin, just in time for the breast cancer blockbuster’s patent expiry. Herceptin’s main US patent expires this month ...

The new Herceptin formulation is now in phase 3 clinical trials, and if the program were successful, it would offer patients a convenient dosing form of the drug, which is currently given via ...