Payment delays, pandemic disruption affect a €494M research partnership between European, North African and Middle Eastern countries – but organisers press ahead with diplomatically important project

Brussels aims to head off competition between EU states for vaccines, and de-risk investment in research and manufacturing for companies

Report on March 12 warned of up to 250,000 deaths but lockdown did not happen until more than a week later

To date, 553 cash-strapped companies have applied to the emergency Future Fund, with 53 approved for loans

Europe needs to be better prepared for future pandemics, according to letter from six member states

An Imperial College London team designed a new, improved ventilator in one week, and gave away the technology to the whole world

European Innovation Council awards 72 companies €314 million in grants and equity to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and support economic recovery

‘Everyone who needs the vaccine will have access to it,’ Bill Gates tells Gavi fundraiser, as AstraZeneca signs $750M agreement