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When Standard Pancreatic Cancer Treatments Weren't Enough

Published

3 September 2026

Topic

opportunities

Sectors

Biotech

Geography

United States

Source

Read at cityofhope.org

Verified

Fusion42 · 4 September 2026 · Fusion42 review

Pancreatic cancer patient Rachelle Gardner accessed the investigational therapy daraxonrasib through an FDA-authorized Expanded Access Program at City of Hope Chicago, following exhaustion of standard treatments. Daraxonrasib is a KRAS-targeted therapy recently FDA approved, with City of Hope as a key clinical trial site and operator of a national clinical trials model allowing simultaneous trial and expanded access program launches.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Biotech, and 50 sources have reported it between 26 Aug 2026 and 3 Sep 2026.

◆ The Wire takeaway

You can now access breakthrough pancreatic cancer therapies before full FDA approval through expanded access programs like City of Hope’s model. This opens a route to treat patients with no standard options faster than traditional clinical trials allow.

Coverage

50 sources · first reported 26 Aug 2026 · latest 3 Sep 2026

Topics

Biotechexpanded-accesspancreatic-cancertargeted-therapyFDA-approvalclinical-trials