Scientists used mRNA technology to study other viruses before COVID-19. Moderna is suing Pfizer-BioNTech for infringing patents on mRNA technology filed between 2010 and 2016.
from dead and inactivated viruses or parts of a living virus that have been weakened.two patent infringement lawsuits, alleging that Pfizer and BioNTech had used key features of Moderna’s technology to make their own COVID-19 vaccine. One lawsuit was filed in District Court in Massachusetts, where Moderna is based; the other was filed in Germany, where BioNTech is headquartered.
In October 2020, Moderna pledged not to enforce its patents related to COVID-19 while the pandemic continued, the company said in a. Last March, Moderna updated its policy to continue exempting low- and middle-income countries from its COVID-19 patent enforcement. But Moderna said it expects companies like Pfizer and BioNTech to respect its intellectual property rights.
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