The U.S. National Institutes of Health has also implied it may sue Moderna over a vaccine-related patent application that NIH says should have listed its scientists as co-inventors.
Alnylam asked the court for an undisclosed amount of money damages from Pfizer and Moderna. It said in a statement it does not intend to take action that impedes the production, sale or distribution of the vaccines. Moderna has said its vaccine earned the company $17.7 billion in revenue in 2021. Pfizer said last month that it expected $32 billion in revenue from its vaccine this year.Reporting by Manojna Maddipatla in Bengaluru and Blake Brittain in Washington, D.C.; Editing by David Bario and Bill BerkrotSign up to our legal newsletter for a smart look at the day's headlines concerning the practice of law.