FDA Approves Breast Cancer Treatment That Health Care Professionals Can Give at Home

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6/29/2020|Updated: 3/20/2023

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 29 approved Phesgo, a breast cancer treatment that can be administered at home by health care professionals.

Phesgo is a fixed-dose combination of two monoclonal antibodies and it allows treatment for both early and metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer for outpatients. The two monoclonal antibodies are pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and the combination also includes hyaluronidase, a substance that is injected into the patient to increase absorption of the medication. The treatment’s approval was granted to Genentech Inc.

Venus Upadhayaya

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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.

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