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Daraxonrasib is estimated at $500,637 per QALY in pancreatic cancer at US launch price

A modelled economic evaluation of daraxonrasib in previously treated metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma estimated 0.506 additional QALYs at an incremental cost of $253,171, or $500,637 per QALY at the $39,800 monthly launch price, in a preprint not yet peer reviewed.

The authors reconstructed individual patient data from the published Kaplan-Meier curves of the RASolute 302 trial and ran a three-state partitioned survival model comparing daraxonrasib with investigator's-choice chemotherapy in previously treated metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. In the RAS G12 population the drug added 0.652 life-years and 0.506 QALYs at an incremental cost of $253,171, giving $500,637 per QALY, and none of 5,000 simulations fell below $200,000 per QALY. Prices of $14,060 and $17,730 per 30 days would meet thresholds of $150,000 and $200,000 per QALY respectively.

Why it is interesting: Sets the US launch price of a new pancreatic cancer drug against conventional cost-effectiveness thresholds of $150,000 to $200,000 per QALY, from reconstructed rather than original trial data.

Source
medRxiv, 17 September 2026
DOI
10.64898/2026.09.16.26363246
Type
Preprint
Design
Partitioned survival cost-effectiveness model using reconstructed patient data from the phase 3 RASolute 302 trial (RAS G12 n=459; full randomised n=500), US health sector perspective, 2026 dollars
Verdict
New finding
Driver
Cancer
Driver
New medicines