STANFORD LAW — The under-representation of certain demographic groups in clinical trials of drug therapies has long been known to exacerbate health disparities. Drug companies have endeavored for decades to improve demographic representation in their research, but the impact of these efforts has been difficult to ascertain, according to a new research paper. The paper, published January 5 by Michelle Mello, Stanford Law School professor and professor of health policy at the Stanford University School of Medicine, and collaborators at the Yale School of Medicine introduces the fair inclusion score, the first-ever method to systematically rate drug companies on their inclusion of women, older adults, and racial and ethnic minoritized patients in clinical research relating to cancer drugs.