The US FDA has approved Revolution Medicines' pancreatic cancer drug Rasonque. This once-daily pill doubles survival for patients with advanced metastatic pancreatic cancer. Rasonque blocks the RAS protein, which drives tumor growth in many pancreatic cancers. Doctors hail this development as a significant breakthrough in cancer treatment. The drug is now available in the US, offering hope to many suffering patients.

Rasonque joins a short list of treatment options for one of the country’s deadliest types of cancer.

Rasonque’s speedy approval — just a month after a completed submission — represents a paradigm shift for a notoriously deadly cancer and begins what analysts see as a highly…

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