1. The EU and its Member States are the largest contributors to global health financing, including through contributions to the World Health Organisation (WHO), with whom the EU collaborates in line with its commitments and available resources.

2. The negotiations on the WHO Pandemic Agreement were successfully concluded by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body on 16 April 2025 and the text has been formally adopted at the 78th World Health Assembly on 20 May 2025. The Assembly has set out the arrangements for finalising the work on the annex on Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing, and for the eventual opening for signature of the Agreement. Throughout the negotiations, the Commission, acting as the Union Negotiator pursuant to Council Decision (EU) 2022/451[1], has cooperated closely with Member States.

3. Cooperation between EU and the United States of America (USA) agencies on health is ongoing, including between the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as well as between the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the USA Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Such cooperation contributes to improving the health of both EU and USA citizens.

Last updated: 17 June 2025