Wolfgang Philipp is the acting director of the new DG Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) in the European Commission. Prior to this, he was the Head of Unit for crisis management and preparedness in the Public Health, Country Knowledge, Crisis Management Directorate of the Commission. The unit would deal with activities contributing to preparedness and crisis management related to cross-border health threats, vaccination policy, antimicrobial resistance, HIV, tuberculosis, hepatitis policy, joint procurement of medical countermeasures, global health security and other files.
He holds a PhD in microbiology from the University of Paris, France, and has been working in tuberculosis research at the Institut Pasteur, and at the Universities of Bern and Basel. Philipp was a Member of the Basel Institute of Immunology before joining the European Commission in 2001.
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Mr Wolfgang Philipp is Acting Director of the new DG Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) in the European Commission. HERA is dealing with:
- Developing the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority
- Implementing the EU Vaccine Strategy to accelerate the development, manufacturing and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines
- Planning and implementing actions under the European bio-defence preparedness plan called 'HERA Incubator'
He holds a PhD in microbiology of the University of Paris, France, and has been working in tuberculosis research at the Institut Pasteur, and at the Universities of Bern and Basel and was a Member of the Basel Institute of Immunology before joining the European Commission in 2001.
