title: Vaccines for epidemic infections and the role of CEPI.
abstract: The author reviews the foundation of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations and the choices it has made for funding of vaccine development against epidemic diseases. He comments on those decisions as well as proposing how CEPI could remain relevant for the long term.
authors.affiliation: a Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics , University of Pennsylvania ; Vaxconsult, Doylestown , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Stanley A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Plotkin
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D058872:Epidemics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D014612:Vaccines / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines
keywords: MERS; Nipah; chikungunya; commercialization; development; ebola; emerging infections; field delivery; infectious disease; lassa