Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation

The Ebola outbreak made obvious the need for a global mechanism to ensure development of biomedical countermeasures in situations of market failure. The way forward for such a mechanism will be explored in this session, including ties to the WHO R&D Blueprint and the existing ecosystem of organisations and mechanisms in global health, as well as financing requirements. There is an ongoing process aiming to establish a a global initiative called the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation, better known as CEPI. The session will explore the proposed plans for this coalition.

John-Arne Rottingen and Gagandeep Kang will give an introduction to the topic and to CEPI. Mark Feinberg, Nadia Khelef, Jo Ivey Boufford, Line Matthiessen, Gerd Sutter and Peter Hotez will form an interactive panel.