Evaluation of the Regulation on serious cross-border threats to health

VE welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the evaluation of the Regulation 2022/2371. In our response, we focus on two points related to 1/Reporting on prevention preparedness and response planning and 2/Joint procurement of medical countermeasures.

We welcome the opportunity to provide feedback. AnimalhealthEurope represents manufacturers of animal medicines, vaccines and suppliers of other animal health products in Europe. According to WOAH, approximately 75% of emerging human infectious diseases have been zoonotic. We consider that animal health has an essential role to play in controlling serious cross border threats.

In relation to the European Commission’s decision to assess the period of early application of the Regulation on serious cross-border threats to health, in accordance with its Article 33, COFARES, Spanish Pharmaceutical Cooperative (hereinafter ‘Cofares’), welcomes this initiative and has prepared this document with the aim of providing input and comments.

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Compassion in World Farming Brussels (CIWF EU) welcomes the ongoing efforts to prevent and mitigate cross-border threats to health and the opportunity to contribute to this public consultation on Serious Cross-Border Threats to Health Regulation evaluation.

The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SKR) sees benefits from joint European procurement in serious crisis situations. However, the public procurement (JPA) carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic took a long time.

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The Regulation brings major advances in the European health security architecture: establishing a European public health emergency, evaluating and strengthening national preparedness and response plans, strengthening surveillance, developing a European health crisis prevention, preparedness and response plan, setting up European health stockpiles, strengthening joint procurement arrangements for medical…

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To whom this may concern, PHOENIX group welcomes the initiative of the European Commission to evaluate the early implementation period of the Serious Cross-Border Threats to Heath Regulation. In our capacity as the largest European integrated healthcare provider with 224 sites in the business areas of pharmaceutical wholesale and pre-wholesale across 29 European countries and with more than 3,200 pharmacies in 17…

HERA has a narrow mandate of operation for preparedness, which is a weaknesses. Optimal preparedness for future health crisis in the EU can only be achieved by making sure the EU has the health workforce managing frontline health emergencies, with nurses playing a crucial role in coordination.