CEPI—a new global R&D organisation for epidemic preparedness and response

Now, CEPI--the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, a partnership between public, private, philanthropic, non-governmental, intergovernmental, and civil organisations, is launched on Jan 19 at the World Economic Forum's 2017 meeting. CEPI will be based in Oslo, Norway, with offices in the UK, India, and the USA, but will be a global organisation with partners on all continents. CEPI provides a new funding model for the development of vaccines against epidemic infectious diseases through pooling resources from several investors.