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US FDA approves Revolution Medicines' pancreatic cancer drug
The once-daily pill cut the risk of death by 60% in a 500-patient trial and is sold by Revolution Medicines as Rasonque.
- On Aug 26, The FDA approved Rasonque, a new drug from Revolution Medicines for adults with advanced pancreatic cancer who have received prior treatment.
- Designed as a once-daily pill, Rasonque functions by blocking several forms of the RAS protein, which drives tumor growth in pancreatic cancer.
- Data from a study of 500 adults showed the drug improved median overall survival to 13.2 months, compared with 6.7 months on standard chemotherapy.
- Andrew Ko, a medical oncologist at the University of California, San Francisco, called it "the biggest development we've had in pancreas cancer in decades."
- Revolution did not immediately respond to a request from Reuters for comment on the drug's pricing and availability following the regulatory clearance.
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Revolution Medicines, Inc. (RVMD) Discusses FDA Approval of RASONQUE for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer and Implications for RAS-Driven Therapy Transcript
Revolution Medicines, Inc. (RVMD) Discusses FDA Approval of RASONQUE for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer and Implications for RAS-Driven Therapy August 26,...
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