An investment from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has breathed new life into Moderna's pandemic influenza vaccine programme, which had been facing an uncertain future since the US government withdrew its support earlier this year. Thanks to a $54.3-million award from CEPI, Moderna will now move its mRNA-based H5 avian influenza vaccine, mRNA-1018, into a Phase III trial.In May, the drugmaker reported positive immunogenicity findings from a Phase I/II trial of the cand