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30 May 2023Big PharmaSarah Speight

Moderna and Pfizer face fresh suits over COVID-19 vaccine

A US biotech is accusing the pair of infringing several of its “foundational” lipid particle patents | Pfizer and BioNTech accused plaintiff in earlier suit of antitrust in a dispute over one of the patents at issue.

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