Pfizer, BioNTech dragged to Court over COVID vaccine patent infringement once again
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US: Arbutus Biopharma on Tuesday sued U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech SE in a New Jersey district court, claiming their mRNA COVID-19 vaccines infringe five of Arbutus' patents.
Arbutus, along with its licensee Genevant Sciences, is seeking damages, including reasonable royalties, over the use of lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery technology in Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines to carry and transfer genetic material into the body.
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