A single-use syringe awaits to be stuffed with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Moderna has sued rival drugmakers for patent infringement.
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A single-use syringe awaits to be stuffed with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Moderna has sued rival drugmakers for patent infringement.
Rogelio V. Solis/AP
Vaccine maker Moderna introduced Friday that it is suing rival drugmakers Pfizer and BioNtech for patent infringement. The lawsuit alleges the 2 corporations used sure key options of know-how Moderna developed to make their COVID-19 vaccine. It argues that Pfizer and BioNtech’s vaccine infringes patents Moderna filed between 2010 and 2016 for its messenger RNA or mRNA know-how.
All three corporations’ COVID-19 vaccines used mRNA know-how which is a brand new method to make vaccines. Previously, vaccines had been usually made utilizing components of a virus, or inactivated virus, to stimulate an immune response. With mRNA technology, the vaccine makes use of messenger RNA created in a lab to ship genetic directions that train our cells to make a protein or a part of a protein that triggers an immune response.
In October 2020, Moderna pledged to not implement its COVID-19 associated patents whereas the pandemic was ongoing, in line with a press release from the corporate. In March this 12 months, it mentioned it is going to persist with its dedication to not implement its COVID-19 associated patents in low and middle-income international locations, however expects rival corporations like Pfizer to respect its mental property.
Moderna shouldn’t be in search of to take away the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine from the market, however is in search of financial damages.
Moderna is submitting the lawsuits in opposition to Pfizer and BioNTech within the U.S. District Court docket in Massachusetts and the Regional Court docket of Düsseldorf in Germany.
A Pfizer spokesperson mentioned in a press release the corporate has not but absolutely reviewed the grievance however it’s “assured in our mental property supporting the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and can vigorously defend in opposition to the allegations of the lawsuit.”
