Washington, Aug. 27 -- Rep. Terri Sewell issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) celebrated the Food and Drug Administration's approval of daraxonrasib, a new drug for treating advanced pancreatic cancer. This drug, taken as two pills a day, is the first treatment that substantially extends the lives of patients with pancreatic cancer.
"This is incredible news," celebrated Rep. Sewell. "No family in America has been spared the scourge of cancer, including my own. Having lost my mother, the late Nancy Gardner Sewell, to pancreatic cancer, I know firsthand the heartbreak and devastation this disease can bring to a family. That is why I am overjoyed to join millions of Americans in celebrating this historic ...