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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Science
Johann Calderon

The Pill That Just Cut the Deadliest Cancer's Death Risk by 60% Finally Got FDA's Yes

Pancreatic cancer has a new solution in Daraxonrasib (Credit: Draconian Rain/Flickr)

A once-daily cancer pill that cut the risk of death by 60 per cent in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer has been approved in the US, nearly doubling median survival compared with standard chemotherapy.

The FDA cleared Rasonque, also known as Daraxonrasib, on Wednesday for adults with previously treated metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, offering a new option for people facing one of the world's deadliest cancers.

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