Preparing for the Next Pandemic: What the EU Wants
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The World Health Organization plans to reconvene to continue negotiations on the WHO Pandemic Agreement, aiming to strengthen global cooperation in pandemic prevention and response. The EU wants rapid access to pathogens and sequence information, while also ensuring benefit-sharing obligations are acceptable to manufacturers.
The World Health Organization will reconvene between 27 April and 1 May 2026 to discuss the Pandemic Agreement. The agreement aims to strengthen global cooperation in pandemic prevention and response. A key aspect is the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system, which involves sharing pathogens and associated vaccines, diagnostics, and therapies. The EU wants to ensure that benefit-sharing obligations are acceptable to manufacturers. The current clauses state that manufacturers should allocate 20% of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics to the WHO during a pandemic emergency. The EU prefers a system with contractual agreements rather than broad binding obligations.
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