Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations

Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
AbbreviationCEPI
FormationJanuary 2017 (2017-01)
Founders
Founded atDavos, Switzerland[3]
PurposeFund vaccine development[3]
HeadquartersOslo, Norway
Locations
  • London, England
  • Washington, D.C., United States
Chief executive
Richard J. Hatchett
Key people
Jane Halton (Chair)
Staff68[4] (2020)
WebsiteCEPI.net

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is a foundation that takes donations from public, private, philanthropic, and civil society organisations, to finance independent research projects to develop vaccines against emerging infectious diseases (EID).[4][5]

CEPI is focused on the World Health Organization's (WHO) "blueprint priority diseases", which include: the Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (MERS-CoV), the Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the Nipah virus, the Lassa fever virus, and the Rift Valley fever virus, as well as the Chikungunya virus and the hypothetical, unknown pathogen "Disease X".[6][5] CEPI investment also requires "equitable access" to the vaccines during outbreaks, although subsequent CEPI policy changes may have compromised this criterion.[7] In 2022, CEPI adopted a vision for the world to be able to respond to a pandemic threat with a new vaccine within 100 days.[8]

CEPI was conceived in 2015 and formally launched in 2017 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. It was co-founded and co-funded with US$460 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust,[3] and the governments of India and Norway, and was later joined by the European Union (2019) and the United Kingdom (2020).[3][5] CEPI is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e "A global coalition to create new vaccines for emerging infectious diseases". cepi.net. January 18, 2017. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021. CEPI is a direct response to calls from four independent expert reports into the Ebola epidemic for a new system for stimulating the development of vaccines against epidemic threats. It was founded by the governments of India and Norway, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome and the World Economic Forum, which has played a key convening role, bringing together stakeholders at the 2016 Davos meeting and other events.
  2. ^ "Who we are". cepi.net. Archived from the original on June 11, 2020.
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  4. ^ a b c Peter Coy (February 13, 2020). "The Road to a Coronavirus Vaccine Runs Through Oslo". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on March 20, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
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  8. ^ "CEPI, UK Government, and Life Sciences Industry unite around 100 Days Mission". CEPI. March 8, 2022. Archived from the original on August 15, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
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