Pfizer and BioNTech are accused of copying Moderna's technology.
Moderna said in a statement that Pfizer and BioNTech were found to have violated its patents. The Regional Court of Dsseldorf in Germany is where BioNTech is based.
The production of coronaviruses has been made possible by the use of messengerRNA, a genetic script that carries instructions to each cell.
The innovative mRNA technology platform that Moderna pioneered, invested billions of dollars in creating, and patented during the decade preceding the COVID-19 Pandemic, is the subject of several lawsuits. In record time after the Pandemic struck, we were able to produce a safe and highly effective Covid-19 vaccine, thanks to our patented work on coronaviruses.
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