American pharmaceutical firm Moderna is suing Pfizer and BioNTech for alleged patent infringement within the growth of Covid-19 vaccines, the agency mentioned in a press release Friday.
Moderna has accused pharmaceutical large Pfizer and its German biotechnology companions BioNTech of copying its mRNA know-how patented between 2010-2016, years earlier than the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We’re submitting these lawsuits to guard the progressive mRNA know-how platform that we pioneered, invested billions of {dollars} in creating, and patented throughout the decade previous the Covid-19 pandemic,” mentioned Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel within the assertion.
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