SWAT Team Description:Provide cross-cutting support to COVID-19 vaccine developers in the area of diagnostics, standards, assays and animal models.
Co-Leads:Paul Kristiansen (CEPI) and Ivana Knezevic (WHO)
Preclinical Model Network
About the network
Preclinical testing network of partners with capability to handle BSL3 and/or 4 pathogens, and experience with CEPI priority pathogens: MERS, Nipah, Rift Valley Fever, Chikungunya and Lassa viruses, now also SARS-COV-2
Includes partners who can perform high quality studies under a rigorous quality system. Research output must meet GLP or high-quality standards to generate data packages supporting submission to regulatory agencies for vaccine product development
Perform work in alignment with UK NC3Rs guidelines. CEPI’s funding sources require CEPI to evaluate compliance with high animal ethics standards
CEPI’s laboratory partners are located in Europe, US and Australia
Currently testing/developing models for COVID-19 infection
Where models are in place, preclinical vaccine testing for CEPI vaccine development partners is underway