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COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Infringement? The Battle Between Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Continues

Bill of Health

By 2009, before Moderna’s patent application, scientists knew that the full-length spike protein is highly immunogenic and can be used to induce protection against certain viruses. Indeed, as made public, the U.S. government committed more than one billion dollars to Moderna for development of its COVID-19 vaccines.

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Using Legal Preparedness to Minimize Liability Barriers to Accessing Pandemic Vaccine and Medical Countermeasures

Bill of Health

In a public health emergency, pharmaceutical manufacturers’ liability concerns can slow the deployment of urgently needed vaccines and other medical countermeasures (MCMs). Products used during public health emergencies raise unique issues either because of their novelty, scale and type of proposed use, or regulatory pathway.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

Vincent discord reignites after hospital revokes doctors’ privileges New Mexicans to Know: Army veteran Nancy Parson brings passion for health care to Las Cruces Army veteran Nancy Parson brings passion for health care to Las Cruces Missed deadlines lead to $11.5M

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HIPAA Updates and HIPAA Changes in 2023

HIPAA Journal

Those HIPAA updates were followed by the incorporation of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which saw the introduction of the Breach Notification Rule in 2009 and the Omnibus Final Rule in 2013.

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Tear Down the Goalposts – Rutgers Wins

Drug & Device Law

15, 2024) (“ CHD ”), the Third Circuit affirmed the right of a publicly supported university to require COVID-19 vaccination as a prerequisite to its students’ in-person attendance. 555, 573 (2009), and these antivaxxers didn’t come close. Students – all the individual plaintiffs – thus, had to be vaccinated and knew it.