Breakthrough Drug for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Approved: "A True Revolution"

For decades, researchers have tried to develop a drug that would inhibit the RAS protein, which acts like a gas pedal for the tumor. Now the FDA has approved Draxonresib, which has shown an unprecedented improvement in the survival of patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. The less encouraging news is the price – about 90,000 shekels per month of treatment. Prof. Ido Wolf, head of the oncology division at Ichilov, warns: "We will have patients who have no private insurance and no money, and for them there will be no drug."

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