Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death in women with gynecological cancer, since a large proportion of patients are diagnosed at later stages of the disease. The incidence of ovarian cancer in the general population is %, but patients with germline mutations in the BRCA genes have a risk of developing ovarian cancer of up to % with a cumulative risk of ovarian cancer at years of age of % in BRCA and % in BRCA mutation carriers. Although it is a chemosensitive tumor, most of the patients after surgery and chemotherapy based on taxanes and platinum will relapse later in life. Due to the high risk of developing ovarian cancer in patients with BRCA germline mutations, new treatments rely increasingly on histological and molecular characteristics of the primary tumor, achieving greater selectivity and lower toxicity compared with standard cytotoxic agents. Poly ADP-ribose polymerase PARPS inhibitors are the first biologically active agents for patients with ovarian cancer with alterations in the DNA repair pathway, particularly in the high-grade serous subtype of ovarian cancer.The results of clinical trials published so far mean that olaparib has been approved, pending the results of the Phase III trials. The European Medicines Agency EMA adopted olaparib lynparza ® on the December , , as a maintenance therapy after response to platinum-based chemotherapy in relapsed platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer patients with a BRCA mutation. By contrast, the Food and Drug Administration FDA approved olaparib on December , , in patients with high-grade ovarian epithelial serous tumors and a BRCA mutation who have progressed during three or more lines of chemotherapy. Olaparib is also used in primary fallopian tube and peritoneal cancers with BRCA mutations.