Pharmaceuticals manufacturer Moderna sued manufacturer Pfizer and BioNTech for patent infringement of their COVID-19 vaccine, on Friday, 26 August. It alleges that Pfizer-BioNTech "infringed patents central to its mRNA technology platform."
The statement was released on Moderna's website and says:
"Moderna believes that Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty® infringes patents Moderna filed between 2010 and 2016 covering Moderna's foundational mRNA technology."