Evaluation: Big Pharma shies away from CEPI due to equitable access requirements

The Oslo-based vaccine initiative CEPI has over a few short years grown into a “credible and prominent” global actor but risks spreading itself too thin as it expands its mandate to include vaccine manufacturing, a recent evaluation concludes. CEPI also faces a dilemma: profit-driven Big Pharma has largely refused to engage with CEPI because of equitable access conditions attached to grants.