Tech Transfer Roundup: Tiba And CEPI Strategize Together On ‘Disease X’

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Tiba Biotech LLC and CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations) said on 12 January that they will partner to evaluate the Cambridge, MA-headquartered biotech’s next-generation RNA vaccine technology as a tool for readiness for the next global epidemic or pandemic – which they termed “disease X.”.

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