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pharma products in Africa and Europe and the opportunity to increase resilience through a real partnership. She also contributed to the debate about
Democracy and COVID-19. In 2020 she co created the platform for transformative technologies to contribute to reach the SDGs and climate goals (P4TT.org) and became a senior partner in the organisation.
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President Prodi to catalyse investments in social infrastructure in the EU. With the emergence of the Corona virus in 2020 she wrote and mobilised about the need to invest in manufacturing capacities for vaccines and other
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