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EU Ups Funding For Pandemic R&D, Parliament Backs ‘Strategic Autonomy’ In Medical Product Development

 
• By Ian Schofield

With the latest round of discussions on a proposed global pandemic treaty starting this week, one law firm explains how the treaty’s plans for pathogen access and benefit sharing will directly affect many companies developing pandemic products.

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Infectious diseases pose a constant threat • Source: Shutterstock

The World Health Organization may well have announced the end of the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, and there has been a more or less steady decline in cases at global level, but the virus is still taking its toll.

More than 794,000 new cases and more than 4,800 deaths were reported in the period from 12 June to 9...

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