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.
 Service Mark of the Brighton Collaboration Foundation | |
| Formation | 2000 |
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| Type | NPO |
| Headquarters | Basel, Switzerland |
Region served | Worldwide |
Official language | English |
| Leader | Jan Bonhoeffer, president |
| Website | [https://brightoncollaboration.us/ |
The Brighton Collaboration was launched in 2000 The idea of the collaboration started in 1999, following a presentation by Bob Chen at an international scientific vaccine conference in Brighton, U.K. In his talk, he stressed the need to improve vaccine safety monitoring by developing internationally accepted standards.[1]
References
- 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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