Trastuzumab - Genentech
Alternative Names: Anti-c-erbB-2 monoclonal antibody; Anti-erbB-2- monoclonal antibody; Anti-HER-2 monoclonal antibody; Anti-p185HER-2 monoclonal antibody; HER-2; HER-2 human monoclonal antibody; HER-2 MAb; HER-2 monoclonal antibody; HER-2 murine monoclonal antibody; HER-2/neu MAb; HER-2/neu monoclonal antibody; Herceptin; Herclon; Monoclonal antibody 4D5; R 597; RG597Latest Information Update: 14 Mar 2025
At a glance
- Originator Genentech; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Developer Chugai Pharmaceutical; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer; FONDAZIONE DEL PIEMONTE PER L'ONCOLOGIA IRCC DI CANDIOLO; Genentech; Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co.; Roche; Sanofi; Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine; West German Study Group; Yale University
- Class Antineoplastics; Immunotherapies; Monoclonal antibodies
- Mechanism of Action Antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity; ERBB 2 receptor antagonists
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Breast cancer; Gastric cancer
- Registered HER2 positive breast cancer; Salivary gland cancer
- Phase II Brain metastases; Colorectal cancer; Endometrial cancer
- Discontinued Non-small cell lung cancer; Pancreatic cancer; Urogenital cancer
Most Recent Events
- 15 Jan 2025 The West German Study Group, in collaboration with Roche completes a phase-II clinical trial in Breast cancer (Combination therapy, Neoadjuvant therapy) in Germany (IV) (NCT01817452)
- 13 Sep 2024 Efficacy data from the phase II trial in Breast cancer presented at the 49th European Society for Medical Oncology Congress (ESMO-2024)
- 18 Jan 2024 Efficacy data from a phase II trial in Gastric cancer presented at the 2024 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium (ASCO-GCS-2024)