{
  "id": 16199513,
  "title": "Treat Pandemic Preparedness as Strategic ‘Biodefence’, Industry and Health Leaders Urge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/treat-pandemic-preparedness-as-strategic-biodefence-industry-and",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-23T14:35:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/pandemic-preparedness-biodefence/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Speaking at a flagship World Health Summit panel global health officials and pharmaceutical executives urged governments to reframe pandemic preparedness as ‘biodefence’ – a core national security asset and not a discretionary health expenditure. BERLIN – That strategic pivot is becoming urgent as both global health and aid budgets shrink and multilateral diplomacy on pandemic […]",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}