Moderna announced that it is suing her Pfizer and the partner German company BionTech for patent infringement in the development of the first Covid-19 vaccine.
Η Αμερικάνικη φαρμακευτική εταιρεία ισχυρίζεται ότι η τεχνολογία mRNA που ανέπτυξε πριν από την πανδημία αντιγράφηκε. Η μήνυση, η οποία ζητά απροσδιόριστες οικονομικές απολαβές, κατατέθηκε στις ΗΠΑ και τη 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.
“Καταθέτουμε αυτές τις αγωγές για να προστατεύσουμε την καινοτόμο τεχνολογική πλατφόρμα mRNA που πρωτοστατήσαμε, επενδύσαμε δισεκατομμύρια δολάρια στη creation and patented in the decade leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel.