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Charlotte Vernhes

@ccvernhes.bsky.social
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Bioengineer by training, translational scientist by trade, passionate about vaccines. Scientific and Medical Affairs at Vaccines Europe, EFPIA. Posts are my own.

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Charlotte Vernhes @ccvernhes.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Today is #WorldCancerDay. This year's theme, #UnitedByUnique, led me to reflect on my own personal cancer story and how it has shaped my journey, from patient to cancer researcher to vaccinologist. You can read about it here: shorturl.at/umkMo
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How infection, cancer and prevention shaped my journey
World Cancer Day’s theme this year, "United by Unique", recognises something anyone touched by cancer understands instinctively: every cancer story is different. Different diagnoses, different traject...
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Charlotte Vernhes @ccvernhes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I'm so very proud to present the 2025 edition of the Vaccines Europe Pipeline Review. This flagship deliverable of our Research, Innovation & Medical Working Group provides an annual snapshot of #innovation from our member companies. www.vaccineseurope.eu/vaccines-eco...
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Vaccines Pipeline - Vaccines Europe
An industry for healthy lives
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
🗣️NEW SPEAKER! @profsanderlinden.bsky.social will be speaking at LSHTM’s Health Misinformation UNPACKED, 15 September 2025, London/online. @lshtmcepr.bsky.social www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
This Thursday, join us as we explore how our Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre is at the forefront of accelerating vaccine innovation, alongside insights from and @cepi.net. 💉✨ Register to attend or receive the recording. 👇🔗 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
UKHSA Presents: The power of vaccine development and global partnerships

Thursday 10 July, 11am to 12pm
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Hadja Lahbib @hadjalahbib.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Today, we’re strengthening 🇪🇺’s resilience with 2 new strategies. 📦Stockpiling Strategy, the EU’s first unified approach to ensure essential goods are ready when needed. 💊Medical Countermeasures Strategy, so we can respond faster & save lives in a health crisis. Preparing together. Safer together.
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Charlotte Vernhes @ccvernhes.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Looking forward to 2 days of exchanges and networking with our partners in health emergency preparedness and response at the HERA Industry Days. More information here health.ec.europa.eu/events/hera-... #HealthUnion
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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🆕 Today, UKHSA and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) have confirmed the first detection of West Nile virus in mosquitoes collected in the UK. There is currently no evidence of wider circulation in birds or mosquitoes, and the risk to the public remains very low. 📰🔗 www.gov.uk/government/n...
An announcement poster stating 'We have detected West Nile virus in mosquitoes collected in the UK for the first time', with a mosquito graphic.
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Charlotte Vernhes @ccvernhes.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
This year’s #ImmunisationWeek theme - “Immunisation for all is humanly possible” - is more than a slogan. It’s a call to connect science, policy, and people. Read more here: shorturl.at/erwOf #EIW #VaccinesWork #PreventionForChange #TrustInScience #WeWontRest
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Immunisation for all is humanly possible
💉 This Immunisation Week, I’m reflecting on the power of science, collaboration, and trust in delivering one of our most effective public health tools: vaccines. Fresh from five inspiring days at #ESC...
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Till Bachmann @bachmanntill.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Prevention is key in the fight against #AMR. Tremendous session at Vaccines Pipeline Corner #ESCMIDGlobal 2025 chaired by @ccvernhes.bsky.social with Pedro Madureira #Immunethep Ana IR Rosado #Vaxdyn Lyudmila Kovalchuke #Baxerna Hanna Bobrovsky #LimmaTech @ihieurope.bsky.social @escmid.bsky.social
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Charlotte Vernhes @ccvernhes.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The call 11 IHI draft topic texts were just published and include one of my favourite topics: the interplay between infectious and non communicable diseases. Have a look! 👀 #NCDs #IDs
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Charlotte Vernhes @ccvernhes.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Join us today at ESCMID Global to hear more about #vaccine innovation against antimicrobial resistance #AMR ➡️ At 11:00 in Hall 12 - Evidence, gaps, & opportunities to maximise the impact of vaccines against AMR ➡️ At 14:45 in Arena 4 - Meet the innovators developing next generation bacterial vaccines
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Charlotte Vernhes @ccvernhes.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
It’s always a pleasure to hear Javier Yuguerros-Marcos from WOAH share learnings from animal health where #AMR action is focused on prevention through animal welfare, biosecurity (in human health: infection prevention and control), & vaccination -
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Charlotte Vernhes @ccvernhes.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
During the panel discussion on turning commitments into action following the UNGA political declaration on #AMR, Yvan Huron from WHO recommends starting with core indicators on prevention: WASH, immunisation, & antibiotic use, in addition to antimicrobial resistance data @escmid.bsky.social
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Charlotte Vernhes @ccvernhes.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Live from #ESCMIDGlobal: Prof Lewnard presented modelling work (The Lancet, 2024) estimating that expanding paediatric #immunisation in LMICs could prevent 181 ,500 #AMR associated deaths, from both direct prevention of resistant infections and reductions in antibiotic use. @escmid.bsky.social
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Adaora Isabella Odis, PhD @dradaoraodis.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Vaccines like PCV (Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine) & Rotarix have played a significant role in mitigating Antimicrobial Resistance. By preventing infections, these vaccines reduce the need for antibiotics, thereby slowing the development of resistant bacteria. #AMR #vaccineworks #vaccinessaveslives
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Vaccines: a key tool to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
With drug-resistant bacterial infections causing an estimated 1.27 million deaths per year globally, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an urgent global health challenge. This insight paper elucidates ...
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Charlotte Vernhes @ccvernhes.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
🎤 Today I’m at the NextGen Biomed conference in London where I will speak about the current vaccine pipeline from Vaccines Europe members & what this tells us about future trends for infectious disease vaccines & mAbs. If you're attending, please come say hi!
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Vaccines Pipeline - Vaccines Europe
An industry for healthy lives
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Charlotte Vernhes @ccvernhes.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
🤔 What evidence is there of the impact of immunisation against #AMR? In today's video, Charlie Weller of @wellcometrust.bsky.social provides a few examples:
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Vaccines Europe on LinkedIn: #amr #amr #vaccinevoices
The impact of vaccination on helping to curb the spread of #AMR has been recently quantified by the World Health Organization. According to their report…
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Charlotte Vernhes @ccvernhes.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
In the second video of our #VaccineVoices series on #AMR, Charlie Weller from @wellcometrust.bsky.social explains how vaccines target the root causes of AMR and the need to use all the tools in our toolbox to combat this global threat.
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Vaccines Europe on LinkedIn: #vaccinevoices #amr
We need all of the tools in our toolbox to be able to control antimicrobial resistance. Listen to the new episode of our #VaccineVoices series with Charlie…
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European Medicines Agency @ema.europa.eu · 27/01/2025
🎉 EMA celebrates its 3️⃣0️⃣th anniversary highlighting its evolving role at the centre of the EU assessing & authorising safe, high-quality medicines for 450 million people & countless animals in Europe. Learn more about EMA’s key achievements over the past 30 years: www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/ema-...
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EMA celebrates 30 years of progress in science and medicines in the European Union | European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Agency marks milestone highlighting its changing role in Europe
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Charlotte Vernhes @ccvernhes.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Estimates suggest bacterial antimicrobial resistance #AMR will cause 3 deaths every minute between 2025 and 2050. In the new episode of our #VaccineVoices series, @Charlie Weller from @wellcometrust.bsky.social discusses why AMR is a significant threat to public health.
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#VaccineVoices: What makes antimicrobial resistance such a significant public health threat?
YouTube video by Vaccines Europe
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Ulf R. Dahle @ulfdahle.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The World Economic Forum’s 2025 Annual Meeting in Davos emphasized the urgency of addressing AMR through multisectoral action, aligning political commitments from the UNGA, G7, and G20 with the private sector to drive innovation and strengthen global resilience against drug-resistant infections.
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European Medicines Agency @ema.europa.eu · 24/01/2025
Hey, nice to meet you! We’re the European Medicines Agency or simply EMA, and we make sure medicines in Europe are safe and effective. We talk about new medicines in the EU, latest health advancements, public and animal health news and much more. Follow us #health www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJl-...
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What EMA does for public and animal health
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WHO @who.int · 21/01/2025
WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw bit.ly/4hrbeJ7
WHO comments on United States announcement of intent to withdraw

The World Health Organization regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw from the Organization.
WHO plays a crucial role in protecting the health and security of the world’s people, including Americans, by addressing the root causes of disease, building stronger health systems, and detecting, preventing and responding to health emergencies, including disease outbreaks, often in dangerous places where others cannot go.

The United States was a founding member of WHO in 1948 and has participated in shaping and governing WHO’s work ever since, alongside 193 other Member States, including through its active participation in the World Health Assembly and Executive Board. For over seven decades, WHO and the USA have saved countless lives and protected Americans and all people from health threats. Together, we ended smallpox, and together we have brought polio to the brink of eradication. American institutions have contributed to and benefited from membership in WHO.

With the participation of the United States and other Member States, WHO has over the past 7 years implemented the largest set of reforms in its history, to transform our accountability, cost-effectiveness, and impact in countries. This work continues.

We hope the United States will reconsider and we look forward to engaging in constructive dialogue to maintain the partnership between the USA and WHO, for the benefit of the health and well-being of millions of people around the globe.
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ESCMID @escmid.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
📣 ESCMID & CMI @cmijournal.bsky.social are currently seeking to fill the role of CMI Editor-in-Chief starting January 2026. ⏰ Applications are open for only two more weeks! More info on the role and application: ow.ly/s4MI50UJhR9 #IDSky #MedSky #clinmicro
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Innovative Health Initiative @ihieurope.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
📢 JUST LAUNCHED - IHI calls 9 & 10! 🪁 Call 9: innovative ideas linked to our strategic agenda ⚡ 💡 Call 10: ✔️ #DigitalLabels for medtech 🏷️ ✔️ Secondary use of data in the #EHDS 👩‍💻 ✔️ #PFAS management in health 🌼 👉 europa.eu/!nCRtrP #IHITransformingHealth #HorizonEU #EUResearch
IHI launches calls 9 & 10. Call 9 is an applicant-driven call with five topics aligned with the five specific objectives of the IHI Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda. Call 10 is looking for proposals on digital labels for medtech, secondary use of data in the EHDS, and PFAS management in the health sector.
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Quentin Leclerc @quentinlclrc.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Intersections between climate change and AMR - interesting discussion of synergies, shared drivers, and shared solutions 🦠 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Intersections between climate change and antimicrobial resistance: a systematic scoping review
Climate change and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) present crucial challenges for the health and wellbeing of people, animals, plants, and ecosystems worldwide, yet the two are largely treated as separate and unrelated challenges. The aim of this systematic scoping Review is to understand the nature of the growing evidence base linking AMR and climate change and to identify knowledge gaps and areas for further research. We conducted a systematic search of the peer-reviewed literature in Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed on 27 June, 2022.
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Antimicrobial resistance #AMR @antimicrobial.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
AMR could surpass cancer as a leading cause of death by 2050. It is underscored that expanding vaccine coverage, innovation, and cross-sector collaboration are essential to addressing this growing global crisis. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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AMR Could Surpass Cancer as Leading Cause of Death by 2050
The importance of vaccination in helping address the concerning rise in antimicrobial resistance was emphasized by experts in the field.
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PLOS Global Public Health @plosglobalpublichealth.org · 08/01/2025
Just published on PLOS Global Public Health: It won’t end with COVID: Countering the next phase of American antivaccine activism 2025–29 by Peter Hotez journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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It won’t end with COVID: Countering the next phase of American antivaccine activism 2025–29
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Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Vaccines work. Say it again, and again - www.bbc.com/news/article...
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HPV vaccine stops 90% of cervical cancer cases
England began vaccinating teenage girls in 2008 and results show it is paying off.
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Charlotte Vernhes @ccvernhes.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
🤔 #DidYouKnow? 💉 Vaccines are tested in tens of thousands of people to assess if they are safe and efficacious 💉 Vaccines continue to be monitored for rare side effects once on the market and given to millions of people 💉 Vaccines are monitored throughout their lives More here: shorturl.at/IS0P5
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How is vaccine safety monitored? - VaccinesToday
Vaccines are given to thousands of people in clinical trials before they can be offered to the wider public – close monitoring continues after approval
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Innovative Health Initiative @ihieurope.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
📢 The IHI Call Days for calls 9 and 10 start tomorrow, 7 January, with an info session on our #digital labelling topic! ✒️ Register for the webinar: europa.eu/!NF3CwM 📚 Read the topic text: europa.eu/!8d3rF8 #HorizonEU #IHITransformingHealth
#IHICallDays Calls 9 & 10
7 Jan – 10:30 Call 10: Digital Labelling
8 Jan – 10:30: Financial aspects of call 9
9 Jan – 14:30: Call 10: PFAS exposure, emissions and end-of-life management
14 Jan – 10:30: Call 9: General information
15 Jan – 14:30: Call 10: Secondary use of data in the European Health Data Space
16 Jan – 10:30: Call 10: Rules & procedures
Online event
Register now
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ESWI @eswinfluenza.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
🗣️ Federico Martinon-Torres explains: We have powerful tools to combat #RSV— the real challenge is ensuring these reach the places where the burden is greatest. 🎧 Tune into #ESWIAirborne on the history, challenges, and triumphs of RSV vaccine development! shorturl.at/qnvHk #ESWIEducationHub
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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago 🧪 #IDsky www.science.org/content/arti...
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Here's the visual proof of why vaccines do more good than harm
See year by year how vaccines beat back nine dangerous infectious diseases
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Charlotte Vernhes @ccvernhes.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Hello, world! A little bit about myself: bioengineer by training, I've been a vaccine scientist for 15 years and am passionate about infectious diseases prevention. Looking forward to exchanging with you all 🤝
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