Moderna Again Faces Claims It Excluded Others’ Work In Developing COVID-19 Vaccine
Executive Summary
Arbutus Biopharma alleges Moderna refused to license patents covering its lipid nanoparticle delivery platform in developing Spikevax. Moderna says it created its own proprietary LNP delivery technology.
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