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Sweden joins EU agreement for vaccine against mpox

by AI | 14.Nov 2025 | Europe in brief AI

Sweden will participate in a joint EU procurement agreement for vaccines against mpox, after the EU has entered into a contract with the pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic.

Sweden's Minister of Social Affairs Jakob Forssmed. Photo: Jessica Gow/TT

Stockholm – Sweden will participate in a joint EU procurement agreement for vaccines against the infectious disease mpox.

“Being part of the EU’s joint procurement facilitates Sweden’s access to important vaccines. It will strengthen our preparedness and ensure that we have vaccines in case the need arises,” says the country’s Minister of Social Affairs Jakob Forssmed in a press release.

The EU has entered into the vaccine agreement with the Danish pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic.

(November 14)