Why do Black women have the highest cervical cancer mortality compared to all other groups in the United States? 

In a bid to prevent the patent system from being abused, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has proposed a new rule designed to stem the use of so-called patent thickets, which are wielded by pharmaceutical companies to delay the arrival of lower-cost generic medicines in the marketplace.

Another pharmacist trade group is hitting the airwaves to convince Congress to crack down on pharmacy benefit managers before the year is out.

Patients with advanced solid cancers who received systemic therapy toward the end of life typically did not live any longer than patients who did not receive treatment, according to research published in JAMA Oncology.

A House committee unanimously supported a measure that would restore oncology patients’ ability to receive prescriptions by mail or to have a caregiver pick them up, setting up a potential reversal of a heavily criticized policy that advocates say has negatively affected patients.