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Which Policies for Vaccine Innovation and Delivery in Europe ?

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This paper analyzes the subsequent steps of the covid vaccine experience in the European Union. It stresses the features of the US innovation ecosystem which were responsible for its success. It argues that the European Union did reasonably well in procuring vaccines and logistically organizing their delivery but that vaccine hesitancy proved to be a key constraint. The paper discusses European countries’ vaccination strategies and their plusses and minusses. Finally, it draws some lessons for dealing with the tradeoff between drug and vaccine innovation and affordability, an issue whose importance is bound to grow with promising but costly scientific advances.

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  • Mathias Dewatripont, 2022. "Which Policies for Vaccine Innovation and Delivery in Europe ?," Working Papers ECARES 2022-14, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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