CORONA Moderna to sue BioNTech/Pfizer over COVID vaccine

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Moderna to sue BioNTech/Pfizer over COVID vaccine

Moderna to sue BioNTech/Pfizer over COVID vaccine.

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Moderna to sue BioNTech/Pfizer over COVID vaccine​

The lawsuit is over patents related to mRNA technology.
ByMax Zahn
August 26, 2022, 8:01 AM




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Moderna is suing Pfizer and BioNTech for infringing patents central to Moderna's mRNA technology platform used to develop the COVID vaccine, the company said in a press release Friday.

A widely distributed COVID vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, called Comirnaty, infringes on patents Moderna filed between 2010 and 2016, the company alleged, adding that mRNA technology was vital to the development of its COVID vaccine.

The Moderna headquarters, Nov. 30, 2020, in Cambridge, Mass.
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Moderna accused Pfizer and BioNTech of copying the mRNA technology without its permission in order to develop Comirnaty, the press release said.

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"We are filing these lawsuits to protect the innovative mRNA technology platform that we pioneered, invested billions of dollars in creating, and patented during the decade preceding the COVID-19 pandemic," Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said in a statement."

A medical workers holds a vial of the new Moderna Covid-19 vaccine before filling syringes with it in Needham, Mass., June 21, 2022.
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"This foundational platform, which we began building in 2010, along with our patented work on coronaviruses in 2015 and 2016, enabled us to produce a safe and highly effective COVID-19 vaccine in record time after the pandemic struck," he added. "As we work to combat health challenges moving forward, Moderna is using our mRNA technology platform to develop medicines that could treat and prevent infectious diseases like influenza and HIV, as well as autoimmune and cardiovascular diseases and rare forms of cancer."

In October 2020, Moderna vowed to forego enforcement of its COVID-related patents amid the pandemic, the company said. In March, however, the pandemic “entered a new phase and vaccine supply was no longer a barrier to access in many parts of the world,” the company added.

Moderna would never enforce patents in 92 middle- and low-income countries involved with a financing agreement at the global vaccine alliance Gavi, the company said. But, in other markets, Moderna expected competitors to respect intellectual property rights, it added.

In response to a request for comment, Pfizer said: “We have not been served and are unable to comment at this time.”

BioNTech did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

 

[skwentnaflyer]

Is that supposed to be why the actual comirnaty vaccine has never been available in the US?

 

[Dennis Olson]

Here we go kids. Discovery will be fascinating

 

[alpha]

This will be extremely interesting as not only will discovery be demanded from the insurance company suit but also the now "internal" fighting!

 

[NCGirl]

Chomp Chomp. Yummy

 

[TheSearcher]

As per usual, when the scheme fails, the finger-pointing begins.

"It's all gone to sh*t, and it's your fault!"
"Nope, that's your turd, you eat it!"

 

[Delta]

By the time the truth is available it won't matter.

 

[Profit of Doom]

Is that supposed to be why the actual comirnaty vaccine has never been available in the US?

No, they simply announced full approval of Comirnaity so they could market it and enforce mandates. It there had been an actual approved vaccine - available - it would have invalidated every other EUA instantly. Did that happen? No.

 

[Profit of Doom]

Full approval and canceling EUA would also have brought forth liability issues.

 

[summerthyme]

Hmmm... I wonder if they've thought this through? Taking full "credit" for a technology that may have maimed millions of people worldwide doesn't sound too smart!

Summerthyme

 

[StarryEyedLad]

 

[Firebird]

It will be fun to watch big pharma eating each other

 

[Night Breeze]

So there is a way to sue these SOBs. Well at least they can sue each other.

 

[mistaken1]

Moderna would never enforce patents in 92 middle- and low-income countries involved with a financing agreement at the global vaccine alliance Gavi, the company said.

Billy Bob Gates hard at work.

 

[Publius]

About this time last year Pfizer was posting a $33.5 billion dollar profit they were even braging about it.