From pandemic to preparedness: CEPI 3.0 and the road to the 100 Days Mission

Vaccine Insights 2026; 5(4), 241–247

10.18609/vac.2026.031

Published: 5 June
Interview
Mark Lucera



“The 100 Days Mission clock starts only once you have detected and characterized a threat.

Ashling Cannon, Editor, Vaccine Insights, speaks with Mark Lucera, Director of Strategy, CEPI, about the strategic ambitions behind CEPI 3.0, the challenges of sustaining political will and investment in pandemic preparedness, and how the 100 Days Mission is being stress‑tested against the realities of an increasingly fragmented geopolitical landscape. They discuss equitable manufacturing, the dual‑use risks of AI‑accelerated vaccine design, and what an honest assessment of the current response system looks like.