CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ImmunoGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMGN) announced the presentation today of the initial findings from a Phase I clinical study that evaluates Genentech’s trastuzumab-MCC-DM1 for the treatment of HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. Trastuzumab-MCC-DM1 is being developed by Genentech and uses ImmunoGen’s Tumor-Activated Prodrug (TAP) technology. The compound comprises Genentech’s trastuzumab anti-HER2 antibody and ImmunoGen’s DM1 cell-killing agent. ImmunoGen’s TAP technology uses tumor-targeting antibodies to deliver a potent cell-killing agent specifically to cancer cells.
