Brussels, 10/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 10 April, the Commission approved a Joint Procurement Agreement, which will enable all EU countries to procure pandemic vaccines and other medical countermeasures as a group, rather than individually. This decision came after reflecting on the lessons learned from the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, which highlighted weaknesses in the mechanisms in place in EU countries for procuring vaccines and medications.
Joint procurement enables member...