Brighton Collaboration

The Brighton Collaboration (BC) is a non-profit global vaccine safety research network for health care professionals, named after the city in England where the idea was first formulated.

The Brighton Collaboration
Formation2000 (2000)
TypeNPO
PurposeSafest, effective vaccines based on rigorous science
To enhance the science of vaccine research by providing standardized, validated, and objective methods for continuous monitoring of safety profiles and by assessing benefit-risk ratios. These methods are, in turn, recognized and recommended for use by international regulatory and public health agencies.[1]
HeadquartersBasel, Switzerland
Region served
Worldwide
Official language
English
LeaderJan Bonhoeffer, president
Websitebrightoncollaboration.us

The Brighton Collaboration was launched in 2000, although the idea of the collaboration started one year earlier, following a presentation by Bob Chen at an international scientific vaccine conference in Brighton. In his talk, he stressed the need to improve vaccine safety monitoring by developing internationally accepted standards.[2]

References

  1. "EVI and Brighton Collaboration Foundation (BCF) sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)". Archived from the original on 2011-10-31. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  2. Chen RT (1999). "Vaccine risks: real, perceived and unknown". Vaccine. 17 Suppl 3: S41-6. doi:10.1016/s0264-410x(99)00292-3. PMID 10559533.


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