Insurer's concerns about the cost of covering drugs that could be used by large swaths of the population has contributed to their reluctance to pay for them, but in comments to the agency, drug firms, consumer advocates and medical professionals urged the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to promote coverage in the commercial plans governed by the Affordable Care Act.

Ahead of adding Humira (adalimumab) biosimilars to its national preferred formulary from 1 February, Cigna spoke about the potential and opportunity of biosimilar competition in the US, which lags behind other OECD member countries.

How do you send 90,000 employees home and still bring a COVID-19 vaccine to market in record time? Pfizer showed the way and at a recent virtual event, senior vice-president Robert Brown revealed how the "secret sauce" of digitalization continues to help cut medical legal review times, crunch clinical trial duration and reduce service interruptions.

How do you send 90,000 employees home and still bring a COVID-19 vaccine to market in record time? Pfizer showed the way and at a recent virtual event, senior vice-president Robert Brown revealed how the "secret sauce" of digitalization continues to help cut medical legal review times, crunch clinical trial duration and reduce service interruptions.