A European Proactive Adaptive Clinical Trials Network within EU-Responses
(PROACT EU-Response)

27 May 2026

From crisis to resilience: Ten years of european research programmes to prepare europe for the next pandemic

FROM CRISIS TO RESILIENCE: TEN YEARS OF EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROGRAMMES TO PREPARE EUROPE FOR THE NEXT PANDEMIC Since 2020, in direct response to the COVID-19 crisis, the EU-RESPONSE (2020-2026) and subsequently the PROACT EU-Response (2025-2030) projects have been designed to successfully establish a major European clinical research network to combat pandemics and to improve preparedness.

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07 May 2026

Strengthening Europe’s readiness for emerging infectious threats

Strengthening Europe’s readiness for emerging infectious threats The hantavirus outbreak on a transatlantic cruise vividly illustrates how quickly an unusual epidemic can arise in a confined, mobile setting and challenge existing response systems. PROACT EU-Response is designed for exactly that; to make Europe ready for this kind of unexpected emergency, by turning preparedness from an

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25 December 2025

Anticipating and addressing health crisis risks in Europe: from vision to implementation

An ambitious vision: From the outset, PROACT EU-Response has displayed an ambitious vision: to strengthen Europe’s capacity to respond effectively to future health emergencies by establishing a network of adaptive clinical trials capable of responding rapidly, ethically, and inclusively to emerging viral threats. Today, PROACT EU-Response is entering its operational phase. Governance structures are in

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19 May 2025

PROACT EU-Response, Welcome Aboard.

What is PROACT EU-Response? Envisaged in 2023, the PROACT EU-Response project can be considered as a new step of the EUROPE RESPONSE project (https://eu-response.eu/). The PROACT EU-Response project was proposed following a call for proposals from the European Union. This project has been approved and has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research

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