WHO ARE CEPI?
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations’ (CEPI’s) mission is to stimulate and accelerate the development of vaccines against emerging infectious diseases and enable access to these vaccines for people during outbreaks.
HOW ARE CEPI FUNDED?
CEPI is a innovative global partnership between public, private, philanthropic, and civil society organisations. We're working together to accelerate the development of vaccines against emerging infectious diseases and enable equitable access to these vaccines for people during outbreaks
CEPI was founded in Davos by the governments of Norway and India, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and the World Economic Forum.
To date, CEPI has secured financial support from Australia, Austria, Belgium, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Canada, Denmark, the European Commission, Ethiopia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Switzerland, The Republic of Korea, United Kingdom, USAID, and Wellcome.
Additionally, CEPI has also received support from private sector entities as well as public contributions through the UN Foundation COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.
WHEN DID CEPI START?
CEPI TIMELINE OF ACTIVITIES
WHO FUNDS CEPI?
BOARD CONSTRUCT
The primary governing body is the Board, which has 12 voting members (four investors and eight independent members representing competencies including industry, global health, science, resource mobilisation, finance) and five observers.
The Board is advised on decisions, such as prioritising pathogens and selecting development partners, by our Scientific Advisory Committee.
Scientifc Advisory Committee
This advisory committee includes:
SCIENCE (mainly schools and universities)
Alan D. Barrett: Vaccine Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch
Ken J. Ishii: International Research and Development Center for Mucosal Vaccines, The University of Tokyo
Alash’le Abimiku: Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria
Azra Ghani: Imperial College London, UK
Christian Drosten: Institute of Virology, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Helen Rees: Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of Witwatersrand
Linfa Wang: Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Marc Lipsitch: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA
Marco Safadi: Department of Pediatrics, Santa Casa de Sao Paulo School of Medical Sciences, Brazil
Peter Smith: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Laura Palomares: Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Stanley Plotkin: Emeritus Professor, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Stephen Thomas: Institute for Global Health and Translational Sciences, SUNY Upstate Medical University, USA
Vineeta Bal: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
PHARMA
Dominique Maugeais: Consultant
Luciana Borio: Council on Foreign Relations
Gary Nabel: Modex Therapeutics
Kent Kester: Sanofi Pasteur
Michael Watson: MEVOX & VaxEquity Ltd.
Rino Rappuoli: GSK Vaccines
V. Krishna Mohan: Bharat Biotech, India
REGULATORS
George Gao: China CDC
Inger Damon: US CDC
Phil Krause: US FDA
Frances Priddy: GAVI NZ
Paula Bryant: NIH
Vaseeharan Sathiyamoorthy: WHO
MONEY
Josie Golding: Wellcome Trust
Peter Dull: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
MISC
Luciana Borio: Council on Foreign Relations
Sani Aliyu: COVID taskforce, Nigeria Govt
Rebecca Grais: Epicentre
Mahmudur Rahman: Consultant
Michael King: Consultant
Michel De Wilde: Consultant, USA
Peter Paradiso: Paradiso Biologics, USA
JOINT COORDINATON GROUP
The current members of the Joint Coordination Group include: WHO, GAVI, EMA, FDA, MSF, UNICEF, IFRC, AVAREF, NIBSC, and Wellcome.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT GAVI
GAVI OVERSEES CEPI
Gavi is funded through direct contributions from government donors, sovereign entities, foundations and regional funds, as well as partnerships with the private sector and contributions through innovative finance mechanisms
$16.044 BILLION PLEDGED FOR 2021-2025
WELLCOME
The Director of WELLCOME is also a member of SAGE, WHO, CEPI, & GAVI
Direct Public Equity Holdings
And who is the next Chair of the Wellcome Trust?
JULIA GILLARD
Julia Gillard appointed as next Chair of Wellcome
Julia Gillard, the former Prime Minister of Australia, has been appointed as the next Chair of Wellcome. She will will succeed Eliza Manningham-Buller, who is stepping down from the role in April 2021.
ALL WORKING TOGETHER
ANHAUSER-BUSCH: Brewing Company
ABBOTT LABS:
The first-of-its-kind app, available at no charge, will allow people who test negative to get a temporary digital health pass that's renewed each time the person has negative test. Test results are encrypted and are available only to you and those you choose to share them with.1 Apr 2021
ACCENTURE: IT architecture and big data
ADOBE: Adobe Inc., originally called Adobe Systems Incorporated, is an American multinational computer software company.
AIA: Life insurance. AIA Group Limited, known as AIA, is an American-founded Hong Kong multinational insurance and finance corporation. It is the largest public listed life insurance and securities group in Asia-Pacific.
ALIBABA: Alibaba Group Holding Limited, also known as Alibaba Group and Alibaba.com, is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet, and technology.
ALPHABET (GOOGLE): “Our strong second quarter revenues of $61.9 billion reflect elevated consumer online activity and broad-based strength in advertiser spend. Again, we benefited from excellent execution across the board by our teams,” said Ruth Porat, CFO of Google and Alphabet.
AMAZON: Amazon.com, Inc. is an American multinational technology company which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
APPLE: App Store: Use business apps to help get any job done, like Cisco Webex and Microsoft Excel for daily needs, and industry-specific tools like Shapr3D and Scandit for specialised tasks.
AVAREF: The African Vaccine Regulatory Forum
BANK OF AMERICA: The Bank of America Corporation is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina
BARDA: Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY: An American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The company wholly owns GEICO, Duracell, Dairy Queen, BNSF, Lubrizol, Fruit of the Loom, Helzberg Diamonds, Long & Foster, FlightSafety International, Pampered Chef, Forest River, and NetJets, and also owns 38.6% of Pilot Flying J;and significant minority holdings in public companies Kraft Heinz Company (26.7%), American Express (18.8%), The Coca-Cola Company (9.32%), Bank of America (11.9%), and Apple (6.3%).
BMFG: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
CISCO SYSTEMS: Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose, California, in the center of Silicon Valley. Cisco develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, software, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products
CMOs: Contract Manufacturing Organisations
CHINA CDC: Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
DTRA: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
EC: European Commission
EMA: European Medicines Agency
FACEBOOK: Facebook, Inc., is an American multinational technology company based in Menlo Park, California. The company acquired Instagram in 2012, then WhatsApp and Oculus in 2014. It is one of the world's most valuable companies and is considered one of the Big Five companies in U.S. information technology, alongside Google, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon. The company generates substantially all of its revenue by selling advertisement placements to marketers.
GAVI: Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation
GHIF: Global Health Investment Fund
GLOPID-R: Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness
HDFC BANK: HDFC Bank Limited is an Indian banking and financial services company, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. HDFC Bank is India's largest private sector bank by assets and by market capitalisation as of April 2021.
IFRC: International Federation of Red Cross
IMI: Innovative Medicines Initiative
JD.COM: Electronics
JOHNSON&JOHNSON: Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational corporation founded in 1886 that develops medical devices, pharmaceutical, and consumer packaged goods.
JPMORGAN CHASE: JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered in New York City
LVMH: Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (OTC: LVMUY), commonly referred to as LVMH or Louis Vuitton, is a French luxury conglomerate formed from the 1987 merger of the renowned fashion house Louis Vuitton and wines and spirits company Moët Hennessy.
MSF: Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors without Borders
NESTLE: Nestlé S.A. is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. It is the largest food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since 2014.
NIBSC: The National Institute for Biological Standards and Control
NIH: National Institutes of Health
NIKE: Nike, Inc. is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design, development, manufacturing, and worldwide marketing and sales of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories, and services
NOVARTIS: Novartis International AG is a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland. It is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world.
PAHO: Pan American Health Organization
PDPs: Product Development Partnerships
PEPSICO: PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase. PepsiCo's business encompasses all aspects of the food and beverage market. It oversees the manufacturing, distribution, and marketing of its products.
PING AN: Ping An Insurance known also as Ping An of China, full name Ping An Insurance Company of China, Ltd. is a Chinese holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries mainly deal with insurance, banking, asset management, financial services, healthcare, auto services and smartcity.
RIO TINTO: Rio Tinto Group is an Anglo-Australian multinational and the world's second largest metals and mining corporation, behind BHP, producing iron ore, copper, diamonds, gold and uranium.
ROCHE: F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, commonly known as Roche, is a Swiss multinational healthcare company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Its holding company, Roche Holding AG, has bearer shares listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The company headquarters are located in Basel
SAGE: Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Vaccines
SIEMENS: Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Munich and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad.
TENCENT: Tencent Holdings Ltd., also known as Tencent, is a Chinese multinational technology conglomerate holding company. Founded in 1998, its subsidiaries globally market various Internet-related services and products, including in entertainment, artificial intelligence, and other technology.
TOYOTA: Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 million vehicles per year.
US FDA: US Food and Drug Administration
UNICEF: United Nations Children's Fund
UNILEVER: Unilever plc is a British multinational consumer goods company headquartered in London, England. Unilever products include food, condiments, ice cream, wellbeing vitamins, minerals and supplements, tea, coffee, breakfast cereal, cleaning agents, water and air purifiers, pet food, toothpaste, beauty products, and personal care. Unilever is the largest producer of soap in the world. Unilever's products are available in around 190 countries.
VISA: Visa Inc. is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Foster City, California, United States
VMWARE: VMware, Inc. is an American cloud computing and virtualization technology company headquartered in California.
VONOVIA: Vonovia is a real estate company based in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its history goes back to Deutsche Annington, which merged with GAGFAH and was subsequently renamed Vonovia.
WHO: World Health Organisation
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Weforum.org
Take a look at the sites under Partners to see the crossover of the same financial backers of the forum and of Wellcome.
How many of the above organisations and corporations are not for profit...
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And how is the money siphoned back to the many governments who invest in GAVI, COVAX, CEPI, WHO, UNICEF etc.?
$ GRANT FUNDING
$ INVESTMENT RETURNS
$ UNIVERSITY DONATIONS / GRANTS
$ JOB CREATION
$ MANUFACTURING FACILITIES ROI
IN PLAIN SIGHT
BWF Grants
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is an independent private foundation dedicated to advancing the biomedical sciences by supporting research and other scientific and educational activities. To achieve this mission, BWF primarily supports the career development of young scientists and undervalued areas of research, as well as science education activities in North Carolina.
Grant funding
At Wellcome, we believe in the power of ideas to improve health. We support thousands of scientists and researchers in more than 70 countries, as well as innovators, educators and artists.
SO...IF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS ARE CONTROLLING RESEARCH GRANTS IN UNIVERSITIES
COULD THEY BE AWARDING GRANTS INTO RESEARCH THAT BENEFITS THEM DIRECTLY?
COULD THEY DIRECTLY INFLUENCE WHAT RESEARCH IS UNDERTAKEN?
COULD THEY DIRECTLY INFLUENCE HOW UNIVERSITIES TEACH AMD WHAT IS TAUGHT IN CERTAIN FIELDS WHERE THEY STAND TO GAIN MOST?
COULD THEY BE RESTRICTING SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGIES THEY DONT CURRENTLY SUPPORT?
AS GOVERNMENTS ARE ALSO BENEFICIARIES, IS THERE ENOUGH SEPARATION FOR GOVERNMENTS TO REMAIN OBJECTIVE AND NOT BE INFLUENCED BY BIG MONEY, BIG PHARMA, AND BIG TECH?
THIS IS A VERY GREY AREA!!!
Is greed the real virus we are fighting?
