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January 31, 2021

The European Union is pressing on vaccine suppliers with which it has entered into purchase contracts.

The president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, held a videoconference with the heads of the companies from which Brussels bought the vaccine: Pfizer-BionNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Curevac and Sanofi.

Commissioners Stella Kyriakides and Thierry Breton, the president's special advisers for coronavirus, Peter Piot and Moncef Slaoui, and EMA executive director Emer Cook attended.

The purpose of the videoconference was to launch work on European preparedness for biodefence.

The Commission will establish a European Authority for Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (Hera) to provide a more structured approach to pandemic preparedness.

Hera will help anticipate threats and identify responses.