- Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech, accusing the companies of infringing patents Over covid Vaccines.
- Moderna claims that Pfizer and BioNTech using Moderna’s mRNA technology in their COVID-19 vaccine.
- Moderna filed a lawsuit against Pfizer in the United States District Court in Massachusetts .whileThe complaint against BioNTech will be filed in the Regional Court of Düsseldorf in Germany.
- Pfizer Company was “shocked by the lawsuit” and was planning to “vigorously defend against the allegations of the lawsuit.”
- A Pfizer spokesperson said their COVID-19 vaccine was based on BioNtech’s proprietary mRNA technology.
- In the Last year 2021, Moderna and Pfizer reported $54.5 billion in covid-19 Vaccine sales combined. Pfizer ($36.8 billion) sold twice of Moderna did, the highest one-year total for a Pharmaceutical Product in history.