FDA grants Orphan Drug Designation for Avutometinib and Defactinib for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
“At the ASCO 2024 Annual Meeting, we reported positive initial interim results from the ongoing RAMP 205 trial evaluating avutometinib and defactinib in combination with standard of care chemotherapy in first-line metastatic pancreatic cancer,” said Dan Paterson, president and chief executive officer of Verastem Oncology. “The FDA Orphan Drug Designation for the combination of avutometinib and defactinib for the treatment of pancreatic cancer recognizes the substantial unmet treatment need for patients with pancreatic cancer. We believe avutometinib and defactinib in combination with standard of care has an opportunity to provide a different approach in treating this challenging cancer. We look forward to reporting updated data from across dose cohorts in the ongoing RAMP 205 trial in the first quarter of 2025.”
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