For the first time in five years, senior US and EU officials met under a longstanding science diplomacy pact to plan new collaborations. This statement on the outcome was attributed to the two delegation leaders: Signe Ratso, EU research and innovation acting director-general, and Monica Medina, assistant secretary for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs at the US Department of State.
US and EU officials agreed to expand R&D collaboration on cancer, climate change, green aviation and other fields, signaling a further warming of transatlantic science relations.
COVID-19 starkly exposed shortcomings in the global system for funding research into infectious diseases and ensuring equity of access to vaccines and therapies, according to Wolfgang Philipp, acting director of the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority, the new EU agency set up in the wake of the pandemic.
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After months of anticipation, the European Commission is still not ready to announce who will be stepping into Jean-Eric Paquet’s shoes at the research and innovation directorate and deputy director general Signe Ratso has taken on the role until the matter is settled.