A new EU agency for health considered by the European Commission
24 September 2020
The European Commission (EC) is considering strengthening the EU’s competence in health policy in the wake of the covid -19 crisis. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the EC would come forward with a legislative proposal to create a new agency, the European Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, in 2021. The new agency would aim to enhance the EU’s capacity to respond to cross-border threats.
This new agency would function alongside a strengthened European Medicines Agency and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
