Moderna announced that it is suing her Pfizer και την συνεργάτιδα Γερμανική εταιτεία BioNTech για παραβίαση διπλωμάτων ευρεσιτεχνίας στην ανάπτυξη του πρώτου εμβολίου για τον Covid-19.
Η Αμερικάνικη φαρμακευτική εταιρεία ισχυρίζεται ότι η τεχνολογία Mr που ανέπτυξε πριν από την πανδημία αντιγράφηκε. Η μήνυση, η οποία ζητά απροσδιόριστες οικονομικές απολαβές, κατατέθηκε στις USA and Germany.
Pfizer said the company has not yet received the legal documents and was unable to comment at this time.
In a statement, Moderna said Pfizer/BioNTech copied two of its proprietary formulas. The first breach involved an mRNA structure that Moderna says its scientists began developing in 2010 but were the first to validate in human trials in 2015.
The second offense concerns the codification of the spike protein on the outside of the virus itself.
“We are filing these lawsuits to protect the innovative mRNA technology platform that we pioneered, invested billions of dollars in creation her and we registered with degree patent in the decade leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel.