Genentech Herceptin
Executive Summary
Label will be revised to stress precautions that the breast cancer therapy Herceptin (trastuzumab) be reconstituted with 20 mL of bacteriostatic water for injection as a diluent and that it be handled with caution during reconstitution. Genentech advised healthcare providers of the changes in a recent letter
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