Complaints to be filed in both United States and Germany alleging that Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty® unlawfully infringes patents Moderna filed between 2010 and 2016
Moderna not seeking removal of Comirnaty® from market or injunction against future sales
Company not pursuing monetary damages on sales to the 92 low- and middle-income countries in the GAVI COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC 92)
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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,” said Moderna Chief Executive Officer Stéphane Bancel.”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. 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.”
— Moderna
Source:
- August 26, 2022. “Moderna Sues Pfizer and BioNTech for Infringing Patents Central to Moderna’s Innovative MRNA Technology Platform.” Moderna.
https://investors.modernatx.com/news/news-details/2022/Moderna-Sues-Pfizer-and-BioNTech-for-Infringing-Patents-Central-to-Modernas-Innovative-mRNA-Technology-Platform/default.aspx.
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