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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

A revolutionary drug that melts away cancer



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A revolutionary drug that melts away cancer in some stage four patients has been given fast-track approval in the United States.
Key pointsVenetoclax
  • Trial of Melbourne-developed drug shows four out of five patients had a positive result, with complete remission for one in five
  • Venetoclax has received fast-track approval for use in the United States
  • Manufacturer has applied for it to be listed on the Australia's PBS
Melbourne-developed Venetoclax is one of a new generation of targeted drugs which attack specific cancer-causing biological factors like cell-structure mutations.
Robert Oblak was fighting a recurrence of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, when he was chosen to take part in a trial in 2013.

"I think I was the eleventh person in the world to have it," he told 7.30.
"It was amazing."
Within a year his leukaemia went into remission.
"It causes no side-effects. Nothing, absolutely nothing," he said.