FDA Approves New Drug for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
🐿️ The Squirrel's Take
This approval finally addresses the KRAS mutation, a target that had been considered undruggable for decades, offering new hope for a notoriously hard-to-treat cancer.
💡 Why it matters
This new pill could dramatically improve survival rates for the thousands of patients diagnosed annually with pancreatic cancer, which has a five-year survival rate of just 12%.
The FDA granted expedited approval to daraxonrasib, a first-in-class targeted therapy for metastatic pancreatic cancer. The drug blocks the mutated KRAS protein found in over 90% of pancreatic cancer cases.
📡 Where we spotted it (2)
Hacker News
FDA Approves First in Class Targeted Therapy for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
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The Guardian
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