EIB and CEPI sign an advisory agreement to accelerate the development of vaccines against infectious diseases

EIB and CEPI sign an advisory agreement to accelerate the development of vaccines against infectious diseases 

(...) Under this partnership delivered through the InnovFin Advisory programme, the EIB will provide strategic financial advice and support to CEPI and its members (private and public companies and research institutes) on potential financing solutions from the EIB Group and/or external financing options, preparing to deploy large-scale vaccine development projects, making such solutions more readily available around the world. Alongside this signature was the announcement of a European Union-led global Pledging Conference to raise an initial €7.5 billion to end this pandemic, which will begin on 4 May 2020. (...)