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FDA OKs new breast cancer drug
Posted 2/22/13
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a new form of a best-selling breast cancer drug that targets tumor cells while sparing healthy ones.
The drug Kadcyla (kad-SY’-luh) from Roche combines the established drug Herceptin with a powerful chemotherapy and a third chemical linking the medicines together. The chemical keeps the drugs intact until they bind to a cancer cell, where the double-shot of medication is released.
The FDA approved the drug for about 20 percent of breast cancer patients who have a particular form of the disease. These patients have tumors that overproduce the protein HER-2.