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14 January 2021AmericasMuireann Bolger

MSD sues Pfizer’s Wyeth over vaccine patents

Pharmaceutical company MSD (known as 'Merck & Co' in the US) has urged a federal court to rule that its new vaccine doesn’t infringe three patents owned by Pfizer’s subsidiary, Wyeth, because they are invalid.

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