My perception is that lots of anti-cancer drugs actually make it to production, and they are wonder-drugs. Maybe people don't appreciate them once they become r

My perception is that lots of anti-cancer drugs actually make it to production, and they are wonder-drugs. Maybe people don't appreciate them once they become routine, but I personally do. My Mom beat cancer 5 years ago with the help of Rituximab [1]. This was approved by the FDA in 1997, a mere 22 years ago (17 years at the time my Mom needed it). I don't have the details, but this drug is very different from the previous generation of chemo drugs, so much so that some people called it revolutionary. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rituximab https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rituximab