Coronavirus outbreak: impact on health

MEPs debate the authorisation of vaccines against COVID-19 with Ms Emer Cooke, Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA)

MEPs debate the improvment access to safe and affordable medicines and supporting innovation in the EU’s pharmaceutical industry

On 16 November the ENVI Committee holds an exchange of views with Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food safety, on EU preparedness and resilience in the field of public health.

MEPs debate the purchase as well as the access to COVID-19 vaccinations

MEPs debate the EU4Health Programme

MEPs to call for measures to tackle impact of COVID-19-outbreak on care homes

During a joint ENVI - ITRE committee, Members participate in a public hearing on 'How to secure access to COVID-19 vaccines for EU citizens: clinical trials, production and distribution challenges', in the European Parliament in Brussels.

MEPs exchange of views with the Commission on the EU vaccines strategy, including the state of play on the Vaccines Advance Purchase Agreement

During the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), MEPs participate in an exchange of views with Dr Andrea Ammon, Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), in the European Parliament in Brussels.

During the plenary session (8-10 July 2020) in Brussels, MEPs debate a much-needed overhaul of the EU’s public health policy with Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

MEPs exchange views during a meeting of the EP Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

MEPs debate on EU Strategy for COVID-19 vaccines during a meeting of the EP Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

During the plenary session (13-16 May 2020), MEPs discuss vaccines and therapeutics in the context of Covid-19.

During the plenary session (13-16 May 2020) MEPs discuss use of contact tracing apps in the fight against the coronavirus