Pundits had more to debate than the U.S. reimbursement prospects for Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s cystic fibrosis (CF) drug Symdeko (tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor), cleared by regulators just as the company halted phase III trials in France with a triple-combo CF prospect because a deal couldn't be reached there on reimbursement for another Vertex therapy, Orkambi (lumacaftor/ivacaftor).