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I had the honor to make the case for innovation and co-creation, together with Bill Gates, Bettina Stark-Watzinger and Iruka Okeke at the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting in Brussels.

Covid-19 was a wake up call for the entire global health field that greater collaboration is needed, not only between enterprises, or between nations, but also between government and business. We need a working ecosystem of exchange and collaboration, funding and incentives.

As Belgium, we want to be a catalyst for cooperation. The openness to bring all players together is in our DNA. That’s how we established our country as a leading biopharmaceutical hub and that is also how we approach new challenges, from strengthening our pandemic preparedness to developing and producing next-generation vaccines.