Cancer drug spending reaches $100bn; access varies widely

Total global spending on oncology medicines reached $100bn in 2014 – up 10.3% from a year earlier – with targeted therapies accounting for about half of those dollars.

Total global spending on oncology medicines reached $100bn in 2014 – up 10.3% from a year earlier – with targeted therapies accounting for about half of those dollars.

While the US continued to dominate the oncology drug market, accounting for 42.2% of the total spend in the space,...

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