FDA expands access to a pancreatic cancer drug that doubles patient survival time. In clinical trials, metastatic pancreatic cancer patients taking the treatment survived a median of 13 months versus 6 months with chemotherapy.
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13 Months months Median survival with new drug
6 Months months Median survival with chemotherapy
2.2x times longer Survival improvement
217% survival improvement
13 Months Vs 6 Months median survival increase