The European Union asserted that it had learnt lessons from the H1N1 influenza pandemic, which had led to the mass purchase of vaccines that mostly ended up in the bin.
One year ago, on 10 April 2014, the Commission in fact proudly announced that it had approved a 'j oint procurement agreement ' (JPA) with a view to allowing all EU member states to jointly (and not individually) procure pandemic vaccines and other medical countermeasures. This followed a request by…