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Preparing for future pandemics CEPI the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations is a global partnership working to accelerate the development of vaccines and other biologic countermeasures against epidemic and pandemic threats. Latest News Latest News New funding for vaccine to protect against deadly MERS coronavirus CEPIs investment will advance Uvax Bios MERS vaccine candidate into preclinical trials. How disease survivors antibodies shape lifesaving vaccines CEPI scientist Selorm Avumegah explains the crucial role of antibody standards in vaccine research CEPI and AstraZeneca to advance discovery into novel antibody to help prevent infection during outbreaks Novel antibody technology could help tackle future infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics swiftly and more affordably. Exploiting fungus growth for rapid and affordable vaccine development Scientists to explore if antigens produced in a fungus could accelerate how quickly proteinbased vaccines are developed Nagasaki Universitys Nanoball technology could help defeat the next Disease X The vaccine platform will be tested as part of new research looking for promising tools that could help fight an infectious disease outbreak.