Moderna Slammed for 'Grotesque' Lawsuit Against Pfizer Over Covid-19 Vaccine Patents

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Moderna Slammed for 'Grotesque' Lawsuit Against Pfizer Over Covid-19 Vaccine Patents
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'If anyone should be suing big pharma, it's the millions who have needlessly lost loved ones to Covid-19 while Moderna and Pfizer sold doses to the highest bidder.' GlobalJusticeUK

against Pfizer over over Covid-19 vaccine technology patents, saying that if anyone should be suing it's the poor people of the world who have been refused access to the shots by the greed of both companies.

"If Moderna is willing to sue another U.S. pharmaceutical giant with deep pockets, then governments must step in to protect vaccine efforts in lower-income countries from cases like this." "It's grotesque but unsurprising to see pharma fighting among themselves over who has the right to profiteer the most from the pandemic,"Tim Bierley, pharma campaigner for Global Justice Now."If we want to talk about who gets the credit for the vaccines we have, the facts show that U.S. taxpayer money has for years funded mRNA vaccine development, and the technology used in the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines. By rights, these should be the people's vaccines.

"If Moderna is willing to sue another U.S. pharmaceutical giant with deep pockets, then governments must step in to protect vaccine efforts in lower-income countries from cases like this," she said.a greater share of vaccine doses to wealthy countries than any other pharmaceutical company.combined profits of more than $50 billion in 2022 from their vaccines.

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