Medicine guide

Kadcyla

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  • Prescription status not stated
  • Cancer treatments and immune-system medicines
Active substance
Trastuzumab emtansine
Made by
Roche Registration GmbH

Quoted from the official source. Not yet reviewed by Mediclarum — the leaflet in your pack is authoritative.

What it is for

  • Early Breast Cancer (EBC) Kadcyla, as a single agent, is indicated for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer who have residual invasive disease, in the breast and/or lymph nodes, after neoadjuvant taxane-based and HER2-targeted therapy. Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) Kadcyla, as a single agent, is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with HER2-positive, unresectable locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who previously received trastuzumab and a taxane, separately or in combination. Patients should have either: Received prior therapy for locally advanced or metastatic disease, or Developed disease recurrence during or within six months of completing adjuvant therapy.

From the official label · 2026-09-30 · European Medicines Agency

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Details

Made byRoche Registration GmbH
Active substanceTrastuzumab emtansine
Used inCancer treatments and immune-system medicines
ClassificationL01FD03 · Cancer treatments and immune-system medicines
Authorised on2013-11-15
Last updated by the regulator2026-06-16
EMA product numberEMEA/H/C/002389

Source: European Medicines Agency — medicine data · 2026-09-30 · not reviewed by a clinician

Source: European Medicines Agency (EMA). Product information as published by EMA. Reuse terms: EMA legal notice (reproduction authorised).