Stella Kyriakidou

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Brussels to present plans to avoid medicine shortages later this year

The situation is considered critical in most European countries, but according to Steffen Thirstrup, Chief Medical Officer at the European Medicines Agency (EMA), people should not start stockpiling medicines.

18 January 2023

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EU to purchase 110,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine

The first deliveries will begin at the end of June, EU Commissioner Stella Kyriakides has announced.

14 June 2022

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EU's buying of COVID vaccines 'shows value' of a future health union

In November the EU began its first steps towards building a health union among member countries.

3 December 2020