Dr. Ciara Conlan:

There are other initiatives, such as the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, which develops vaccines and diagnostics for potential upcoming epidemics. The EU is working on a large, publicly funded research project with civil society and on its completion, the results will be made available and accessible to the public. It will not be immediately privatised to make it something we cannot afford, which is important. Europe is already spending a lot of money on research and development and we need assurances that we will have access to the results at the end of the process.