In January the FDA announced it will be holding a public hearing on February 4 and 5, 2013 to gather input on what may lead to a faster clinical trial process for drug and biological products development for “serious or life-threatening conditions that would address and unmet medical need”.
For more than ten years oncologists have been aware of the role that Herceptin (trastuzumab, Roche/Genentech) has played in extending the lives of women with HER2 overexpressed breast cancer.