Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech

This is based on a New York Times report from few minutes ago.

Someone please explain to me the appeal of this little bottle of magic.

Good morning all,

A fraud lawyer from the dioxin era once said to me, “You know you’ve got them when they start shooting each other.”

(The last time I wrote that in an article, Dick Cheney shot Harry Whittington in the face a few days later.)

In a world where it seems like everyone sues evereryone, one might think: big deal. My take is that we have a significant development (link is to Times article).

Yesterday’s post covered the forthcoming New Moon at 4:17 am Saturday. I know you’re not all students of news astrology, however, this is rich. We are, today, in the extreme balsamic phrase of the Moon — hence, “endgame” stuff, and also a seed moment for the next stage of events.

Here is how Moderna was pitching its forthcoming injection on April 7, 2020. They compared it to a software upgrade for humans — a real innovation. This has since vanished from their website but is preserved in Archive.org.

Here is the what the Times has published a few minutes ago:

Moderna on Friday sued Pfizer and BioNTech, claiming that their Covid vaccine copied its groundbreaking technology.

Moderna said in a statement that Pfizer and BioNTech infringed on patents filed between 2010 and 2016 that covered its mRNA technology. Moderna, which is based in Cambridge, Mass., sued in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts and the Regional Court of Düsseldorf in Germany, where BioNTech is based.

Messenger RNA, or mRNA, is the genetic script that carries DNA instructions to each cell’s protein-making machinery and has been used in the production of coronavirus vaccines.

“We are filing these lawsuits to protect the innovative mRNA technology platform that we pioneered, invested billions of dollars in creating, and patented during the decade preceding the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Stéphane Bancel, Moderna’s chief executive. 

“This foundational platform, which we began building in 2010, along with our patented work on coronaviruses in 2015 and 2016, enabled us to produce a safe and highly effective Covid-19 vaccine in record time after the pandemic struck.”

Moderna, which accepted $2.5 billion in taxpayer money to develop its Covid-19 vaccine, had said in 2020 that it would not to enforce its Covid-related patents while the pandemic continues. But in March, the company said it expected that manufacturers that are not based in or producing in low- or middle-income countries to respect the company’s intellectual property.

Moderna on Friday said that it was not seeking damages for activities before March 8 and that it was not skeeing to remove Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccines from the market and that it was not asking for an injunction to prevent its future sale, given the need for access to coronavirus vaccines.

Jerica Pitts, a spokeswoman for Pfizer, said on Friday morning that the company had not been served with a suit and was “unable to comment at this time.”