{"id":13211,"date":"2022-08-26T15:12:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T15:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/26\/moderna-is-suing-pfizer-over-its-coronavirus-vaccine\/"},"modified":"2022-08-26T15:12:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T15:12:32","slug":"moderna-is-suing-pfizer-over-its-coronavirus-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/26\/moderna-is-suing-pfizer-over-its-coronavirus-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Moderna is suing Pfizer over its coronavirus vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Moderna is suing Pfizer and BioNTech over alleged infringement of its mRNA vaccine technology patents, the company announced today<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe 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,\u201d said Moderna chief executive officer St\u00e9phane Bancel in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Moderna said in 2020 that it would not enforce its patents during the pandemic to allow for an unhindered public health response. It\u2019s still not planning to enforce patents in low- and middle-income countries, the company said in a statement. But it\u2019s coming after Pfizer and BioNTech, which it said it expected to \u201crespect its intellectual property rights.\u201d In the filing<\/a>, the company said, \u201cModerna refrained from asserting its patents earlier so as not to distract from efforts to bring the pandemic to an end as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lawsuit shouldn\u2019t have a major effect on vaccine availability \u2014 Moderna said that it\u2019s not looking to remove the Pfizer \/ BioNTech vaccine, known commercially as Comirnaty, from the market. It\u2019s looking for payment, said Shannon Thyme Klinger, Moderna\u2019s chief legal officer, in the statement: \u201cModerna expects Pfizer and BioNTech to compensate Moderna for Comirnaty\u2019s ongoing use of Moderna\u2019s patented technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not asking for damages from vaccines sold to the United States government. But the US is planning to stop paying<\/a> for COVID-19 vaccines, and they\u2019ll be sold through normal commercial pathways. <\/p>\n

Moderna and Pfizer \/ BioNTech both developed COVID-19 vaccines using mRNA. The shots introduce tiny snippets of the coronavirus\u2019 genetic material to the body for it to create antibodies against. <\/p>\n

In the legal filing, Moderna alleged that Pfizer \/ BioNTech copied two elements of its mRNA vaccine. The first is a chemical modification to the mRNA that prevents the body from attacking the vaccine before it can work in the body. mRNA vaccines that don\u2019t<\/em> include this type of modification, like the COVID-19 vaccine made by German company CureVac, are far less effective<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The second is the bit of the virus that the vaccines train the body to recognize \u2014 both companies\u2019 vaccines target the full coronavirus spike protein, which is the part of the virus that lets it penetrate human cells. Moderna said in its legal filing that it has patents over vaccines with a full spike protein based on research on MERS, a different coronavirus. <\/p>\n

Pfizer \/ BioNTech have also been sued for patent infringement by CureVac<\/a>. Moderna is also facing lawsuits<\/a> \u2014 biotechnology companies Arbutus Biopharma and Genevant Sciences sued over the method for packaging up the mRNA and delivering it to the body. Another biotechnology company, Alnylam, is suing<\/a> both Pfizer \/ BioNTech and Moderna over a similar technology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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