On August 26, Moderna issued a press release announcing it will be filing suit against Pfizer and BioNTech for patent infringement. Both Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech sell Covid-19 vaccines that is based upon mRNA technology. Moderna is accusing Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, Comrinaty®, of infringing Moderna’s patents covering certain features of Moderna’s mRNA technology. (At the time of publishing this post, Moderna’s complaint had not yet been filed. Once the complaint is filed, I will update the post.)
Read MoreModerna faces a new patent lawsuit related to its Covid vaccine. On March 17, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals commenced two separate patent lawsuits—one against Moderna and another against Pfizer. Both suits claim that the Covid manufacturers’ vaccines are infringing a patent owned by Alnylam. So what are Alnylam’s lawsuits all about?
Read MoreA number of companies have announced candidates for a COVID-19 vaccine, including Moderna Therapeutics ($MRNA), AstraZeneca ($AZN), Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ) and Novovax ($NVAX). We looked into the existing landscape of patents that cover many of the existing candidates.
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