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European Parliament - SANT Subcommittee (Public Health) · EU-wide · 8 Sep 2026 · News & press

WHO Pandemic Agreement on Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing: negotiation progress report

Original title: Highlights - Reporting back - WHO Pandemic Agreement on Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing - Committee on Public Health

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The European Parliament's SANT Subcommittee received a progress report on WHO negotiations regarding a Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing annex to the Pandemic Agreement adopted in May 2025. The annex aims to establish a system for rapid pathogen sharing among WHO Member States while ensuring fair and equitable benefit sharing from resulting vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics. The report was presented on 7 September by the EU's Minister Counsellor for Global Health.

From European Parliament - SANT Subcommittee (Public Health)

Reporting back - WHO Pandemic Agreement on Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing

At SANT meeting of 7 September, Americo Beviglia Zampetti, Minister Counsellor for Global Health at the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, brought the Members of the committee the progress of the negotiations on the annex of the Pandemic Agreement.

The Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing annex is a central component of the WHO Pandemic Agreement. Following the adoption of the Pandemic Agreement in May 2025, WHO Member States engaged in negotiations for its annex, which aims at developing a system that enables the rapid sharing of pathogens with pandemic potential, while ensuring the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their use, including pandemic vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics.

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