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Moderna sues Pfizer/BioNTech over Covid patent

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Biotechnology company Moderna has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pfizer and BioNTech in relation to the use of its messenger RNA (mRNA) technology and Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 Comirnaty vaccine. Moderna first started developing this chemical modification in 2010 and validated it in human trials in 2015.

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U.S. CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Recommends Vaccination with Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Persons 18 Years and Older

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Nasdaq: MRNA) a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines today announced that the U.S. 11 ACIP members voted in favor of the vaccine and 0 members voted against. We look forward to vaccinations of this important population starting this week.”. government by the end of December 2020.

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Keeping tabs on Covid-19: UK firm tests oral delivery of Covid-19 vaccine and Novavax aims to distribute 51 million vaccines to Australia

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As research developments into RNA vaccines help scientists accelerate drug candidates to arm the immune system against coronavirus, Pharma IQ ’s Keeping tabs on Covid-19 update returns with news from some of the biotechnology innovators leading the fight against the global pandemic.

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Pfizer to provide U.S. government with 10 million treatment courses of investigational oral antiviral candidate to help combat COVID-19

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government to supply 10 million treatment courses of its investigational COVID-19 oral antiviral seeker, PAXLOVID ™ (PF-07321332; ritonavir), subject to nonsupervisory authorization from theU.S. government will acquire 10 million treatment courses to be delivered by Pfizer beginning latterly this time and concluding in 2022.

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Conversations from Cancer Research Horizons’ Innovation Summit 2023 

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More significantly, she says, with the boost from what we have learned from Covid, cancer vaccines will become a reality. She believes we might start to see a combination of vaccines with other immunotherapies or classical therapies out there, and that this will become more and more prevalent because of the nature of cancer.

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Switzerland Exercises Increased Option for 7.5 Million Doses of mRNA Vaccine Against COVID-19 (mRNA-1273)

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Nasdaq: MRNA) a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients, today announced the Swiss Federal Government has increased its confirmed order commitment from 4.5 .–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 8, 2020– Moderna, Inc.,

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International Women’s Day: Female life science leaders

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She has over 15 years’ experience in corporate finance and restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and intellectual property licensing. In 2023, the company revealed data from a Phase III trial which showed that its vaccine candidate DCVax-L more than doubled overall survival in glioblastoma patients.