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rod5247

07/24/14 3:52 PM

#3243 RE: friendofthedevil #3240

MabThera sales are also increasing. Roche is trialing MabThera sc for CLL and looking to add that indication.

Roche added another Herceptin sc trial on clinicaltrials.gov this month.

rod5247

07/25/14 12:56 AM

#3247 RE: friendofthedevil #3240

"The other positive development is to see how well the Herceptin SubQ has picked up in Europe in a very short period of time, so less than a year in every major market. And you can see many of these key markets in both Europe and in Latin America already have between 40% and 50% total penetration of Herceptin in the marketplace. That's both metastatic and adjuvant. I think it speaks volumes to the convenience factor for patients and the convenience factors for hospitals and health care systems. And as I mentioned in previous reports, when we see hospitals switch or, in some cases, even countries, you literally see an entire switch of the Herceptin franchise within a health care system. And remember, the Herceptin SubQ, the MabThera SubQ that we received approval for and will be rolling out have additional patents associated with these as a way to secure Herceptin and MabThera vis-à-vis biosimilar competition outside the United States in this particular case."

From seekingalpha.com Roche transcript.