Patent litigation is common in the early stages of medical technology development, and Moderna is not asking for the rival vaccine to be pulled from the market.
WASHINGTON — Moderna is suing fellow vaccine-makers Pfizer and BioNtech over claims that their COVID-19 vaccine infringes on patents Moderna filed before the pandemic, the company said in a statement.
The lawsuit, which has not been filed in the U.S. as of Friday morning, contends that Pfizer and BioNtech infringed on several patents, filed by Moderna between 2010 and 2016, when the two companies worked together to make a COVID-19 vaccine as the pandemic spread in 2020.
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