EMA fast tracks review of metastatic pancreatic cancer medicine

7 July 2026

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA)nhuman medicines committee (CHMP) has started a phased review of data on daraxonrasib, a medicine intended for the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer. A phased review aims to accelerate the assessment of a medicine by evaluating the data in phases, as they become available.

EMA’s decision to start a phased review of daraxonrasib – from US oncology company Revolution Medicines (Nasdaq: RVMD) - is based on the results of a Phase III study which compared daraxonrasib with chemotherapy in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer who had received prior treatment.

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