On 15 May EFPIA organised “Trade and Covid-19: Today and Tomorrow”, as part of a series of virtual events.
The economic impact of COVID-19 is unprecedented. International trade and global supply chains are hit particularly hard at the moment because of COVID-19 and the containment measures countries have put in place to "flatten the curves". These measures also affect the global supply of medicines and essential equipment negatively. Hugh Pullen (Merck) and Fredrik Erixon (ECIPE) focused on this and the efforts to exempt global flows of essential medicines and equipment from these effects, including via multilateral efforts.