Safeguarding Supplies of Crucial Medicines

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Photo by CDC on Unsplash The EU has moved to ensure that “crucial medicinal products” are available in the future. This comes in the wake of the crippling pandemic that killed tens of thousands of EU citizens and devastated economies throughout Europe. Following recommendations to ensure sufficient supply of antibiotics published earlier this week, the EU Commission, through the European…

Healthcare Support for Ukraine

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Photo by JC Gellidon on Unsplash The European Commission’s emergency preparedness and response authority has donated 10,000 vials of Bavarian Nordic’s Mpox vaccine to Ukraine. The Commission and Ukraine signed a deal associating  Ukraine to the eu4Health programme in July 2022.  Ukraine is therefore eligible to receive support from HERA for the second round of Mpox donations, joining 27 other recipient…