Moderna suing Pfizer over patent for ‘foundational’ COVID-19 mRNA vaccine – National
Moderna is suing Pfizer and its biotech accomplice BioNTech for allegedly infringing on the “foundational” patent for the mRNA know-how that types the inspiration of each firms’ COVID-19 vaccines.
In a press launch issued Friday morning, Moderna introduced the lawsuits and alleged that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine “infringes patents Moderna filed between 2010 and 2016 overlaying Moderna’s foundational mRNA know-how.”
“This groundbreaking know-how was important to the event of Moderna’s personal mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax,” the corporate mentioned in its assertion.
“Pfizer and BioNTech copied this know-how, with out Moderna’s permission, to make Comirnaty.”
Comirnaty is the business identify for the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
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