As of 5 April, 2021, health care providers, health IT developers and health information exchanges in the US face penalties for blocking the free exchange of electronic health information, including patient requests for health records. But strong data governance policies are needed to make health information serve patient needs, according to a Prix Galien panel of experts.

Around 100 executives highlight the hot areas to watch on the R&D front in 2021. From cancer to CNS and from regenerative medicine to real world data, expectations are high on many fronts.

Executives expect the changes wrought by necessity in the face of a global pandemic to have lasting effects, both positive and negative, on the biopharma sector. Here they share their predictions for the coming year.

The big winners of the night were AstraZeneca and Roche as pharma, biotech and allied industries came together online on 2 December to celebrate during a ceremony hosted by Ed Balls.