The European Patent Workplace has determined to take care of the validity of Moderna’s patent EP949, Moderna introduced by e-mail on Friday. It’s assumed that the rivals will attraction towards this, it was additionally mentioned. Pfizer and Biontech initially didn’t remark.
That is one among a number of patent disputes introduced by biotech firms. The EU Patent Workplace revoked a Moderna patent in November 2023. And within the USA, Moderna filed a patent lawsuit towards Pfizer and Biontech in 2022 over allegations of copying Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine know-how. Nonetheless, the patent lawsuit was interrupted in April. The US Patent Workplace ought to look at the validity of two of the three Moderna patents in query.