StephN
04-16-2013, 03:00 PM
Hi everyone -
I have noticed mentions in a few threads regarding why T-DM1 got the name "Kadcyla." (I often use word association to recall new terms or names. Godzilla was as close as I could come on this and that just stuck since the first time I wanted to remember the new name.
Here is what the name does stand for:
The "adc" in the center of the name stands for "antibody-drug conjugate," the first approved drug in this class, and the "cy" in the name stands for "cytotoxic," or cell-killing.
Guess they thought that "K" on the front counded the best.
The prefix "ado" was added to ado-trastuzumab emtanzine - prefix to reduce confusion with trastuzumab (Herceptin).
I have noticed mentions in a few threads regarding why T-DM1 got the name "Kadcyla." (I often use word association to recall new terms or names. Godzilla was as close as I could come on this and that just stuck since the first time I wanted to remember the new name.
Here is what the name does stand for:
The "adc" in the center of the name stands for "antibody-drug conjugate," the first approved drug in this class, and the "cy" in the name stands for "cytotoxic," or cell-killing.
Guess they thought that "K" on the front counded the best.
The prefix "ado" was added to ado-trastuzumab emtanzine - prefix to reduce confusion with trastuzumab (Herceptin).