{"id":158461,"date":"2022-08-26T11:29:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T15:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=158461"},"modified":"2022-08-26T11:29:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T15:29:51","slug":"moderna-sues-pfizer-and-biontech-for-patent-infringement-over-covid-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/moderna-sues-pfizer-and-biontech-for-patent-infringement-over-covid-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech for patent infringement over COVID vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-928872568\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-3325527216\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" aria-label=\"ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>Moderna is suing Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in the development of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/08\/25\/nate-silver-liberal-elites-pressured-pfizer-to-delay-covid-vaccine\/\">first COVID-19 vaccine<\/a>\u00a0approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3381122972\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:169\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:576\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:432\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:864\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Pfizer shares fell 1.4% before the bell while BioNTech was down about 2%.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit, which seeks undetermined monetary damages, was being filed in US District Court in Massachusetts and the Regional Court of Dusseldorf in Germany, Moderna said in a news release on Friday.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1113827803\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-2885061687\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"WhatsApp Image 2026-04-26 at 07.24.59\"><img 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height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/PfizerVaccine.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23623070\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/PfizerVaccine.jpg?w=1024\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/PfizerVaccine.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/PfizerVaccine.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/PfizerVaccine.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" alt=\"Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan on December 13, 2020. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Pfizer\/BioNTech were the first to start shipping out COVID-19 vaccines in December 2020.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">MORRY GASH\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--primary-tag\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"inline-module__heading widget-heading widget-heading--sm\"><\/h2>\n<div class=\"inline-module__content\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/13\/pfizer-ceo-fourth-covid-shot-necessary-due-to-waning-immunity\/\">the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Moderna chief executive Stephane Bancel said in the statement.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1494134251\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Moderna Inc. (MRNA.O), on its own, and the partnership of Pfizer Inc. (PFE.N) and BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE) were two of the first groups\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/08\/moderna-new-version-of-covid-shot-boosts-omicron-protection\/\">to develop a vaccine<\/a>\u00a0for the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Just a decade old, Moderna, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, had been an innovator in the messenger RNA\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/12\/05\/this-scientists-decades-of-mrna-research-led-to-covid-vaccines\/\">(mRNA) vaccine technology<\/a>\u00a0that enabled the unprecedented speed in developing the COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2377217742\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_0783\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>An approval process that previously took years was completed in months, thanks largely to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/08\/09\/moderna-and-biontech-shares-skyrocket-amid-talk-of-mrna-treatments\/\">breakthrough in mRNA vaccines,<\/a>\u00a0which teach human cells how to make a protein that will trigger an immune response.<\/p>\n<p>Germany-based BioNTech had also been working in this field when it partnered with the US pharma giant Pfizer.<\/p><div id=\"antig-916786904\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"1000436969\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1000436969.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The US Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for the COVID-19 vaccine first to Pfizer\/BioNTech\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/12\/14\/first-covid-19-vaccines-rolled-out-to-all-50-us-states\/\">in December 2020,<\/a>\u00a0then one week\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/20\/modernas-covid-19-vaccine-could-be-ready-by-december\/\">later to Moderna.<\/a><\/p><div id=\"antig-514627868\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/PfizerVaccine2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23623095\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/PfizerVaccine2.jpg?w=1024\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/PfizerVaccine2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/PfizerVaccine2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/PfizerVaccine2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" alt=\"A healthcare worker administers a Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to a child at a testing and vaccination site in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Pfizer garnered twice as much revenue as Moderna from its COVID-19 vaccines.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">David Paul Morris\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Moderna\u2019s COVID vaccine \u2014 its lone commercial product \u2014 has brought in $10.4 billion in revenue this year while Pfizer\u2019s vaccine brought in about $22 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Moderna alleges Pfizer\/BioNTech, without permission, copied mRNA technology that Moderna had patented between 2010 and 2016, well before COVID-19 emerged in 2019 and exploded\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/17\/d\/\">into global consciousness<\/a>\u00a0in early 2020.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--related-post\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"inline-module__heading widget-heading widget-heading--underline\">SEE ALSO<\/h2>\n<div class=\"story story--i-flex story--i-flex-none-lg\">\n<div class=\"story__image\"><a class=\"inline-module--related-post__link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/08\/25\/nate-silver-liberal-elites-pressured-pfizer-to-delay-covid-vaccine\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ga-event=\"\n\t\t\t{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;See Also&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/nypost.com\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/25\\\/nate-silver-liberal-elites-pressured-pfizer-to-delay-covid-vaccine\\\/&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Slot 1&quot;}\t\t\t\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-nyp_large_video size-nyp_large_video\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Nate-Silver-54.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=389\" sizes=\"(min-width: 600px) 389px, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Nate-Silver-54.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=778 778w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Nate-Silver-54.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=584 583w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Nate-Silver-54.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=389 389w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Nate-Silver-54.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=195 194w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Nate-Silver-54.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" alt=\"Nate Silver, the statistician and editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight, thinks Pfizer's delayed rollout of its COVID vaccine may have been politically motivated to hurt then-President Donald Trump.\" width=\"389\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"postid-23605625 story__headline headline headline--xs inline-module--related-post__headline\">Nate Silver: \u2018Liberal elites\u2019 pressured Pfizer to delay vaccine until after 2020 election<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Early in the pandemic, Moderna said it would not enforce\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/06\/04\/chinese-scientist-filed-covid-vaccine-patent-after-contagion-emerged-report\/\">its COVID-19 patents<\/a>\u00a0to help others develop\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/05\/team-biden-ready-to-hand-russia-and-china-vaccine-technology-for-free\/\">their own vaccines,<\/a>\u00a0particularly for low- and middle-income countries. But in March 2022, Moderna said it expected companies such as Pfizer and BioNTech to respect its intellectual property rights. It said it would not seek damages for any activity before March 8, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Patent litigation is not uncommon in the early stages of new technology.<\/p>\n<p>Pfizer and BioNTech are already facing multiple lawsuits from other companies that say the partnership\u2019s vaccine infringes on their patents. Pfizer\/BioNTech have said they will defend their patents vigorously.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s CureVac, for instance, also filed a lawsuit against BioNTech in Germany in July. BioNTech responded in a statement that its work was original.<\/p>\n<p>Moderna has also been sued for patent infringement in the United States and has an ongoing dispute with the US National Institutes of Health over rights to mRNA technology.<\/p>\n<p>In Friday\u2019s statement, Moderna said Pfizer\/BioNTech appropriated two types of intellectual property.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Pfizer_BioNTech.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23623180\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Pfizer_BioNTech.jpg?w=1024\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Pfizer_BioNTech.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Pfizer_BioNTech.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Pfizer_BioNTech.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" alt=\"A laboratory worker simulates the workflow in a BioNTech COVID-19 production room in Marburg, Germany.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A laboratory worker simulates the workflow in a BioNTech COVID-19 production room in Marburg, Germany.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Michael Probst, file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One involved an mRNA structure that Moderna says its scientists began developing in 2010 and were the first to validate in human trials in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPfizer and BioNTech took four different vaccine candidates into clinical testing, which included options that would have steered clear of Moderna\u2019s innovative path. Pfizer and BioNTech, however, ultimately decided to proceed with a vaccine that has the same exact mRNA chemical modification to its vaccine,\u201d Moderna said in its statement.<\/p>\n<p>The second alleged infringement involves the coding of a full-length spike protein that Moderna says its scientists developed while creating a vaccine for the coronavirus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).<\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-1756759707\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moderna is suing Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in the development of the\u00a0first COVID-19 vaccine\u00a0approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic. 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