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12 October 2020Big PharmaMuireann Bolger

Moderna won’t enforce COVID-19 patents

Biopharmaceutical company, Moderna, has announced that it will not enforce patents related to its COVID-19 vaccine while the pandemic is ongoing, and that it is prepared to license the patents to others after the pandemic is over.

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