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

Bill of Health

Last month, the patent battle between COVID-19 mRNA vaccine manufacturers continued with BioNTech/Pfizer filing a strong defense and counter-claim to Moderna’s allegations of patent infringement. In their initial August 2022 complaint , Moderna alleged that three of its mRNA patents were infringed by Pfizer/BioNTech.

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No Take-Backs: Moderna’s Attempt to Renege on its Vaccine Patent Pledge

Bill of Health

On October 8, 2020, Moderna, the maker of one of the first mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 and the recipient of billions of dollars of U.S. government funding, announced that it felt “a special obligation … to use our resources to bring this pandemic to an end as quickly as possible.” From 2020 to 2022, the U.S.

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Vaccine Mandates in the Military: Litigation Over Religious Exemptions

Bill of Health

Department of Defense (DoD) put in place requirements for service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Litigation has since ensued over the military branches’ restrictive approach to religious exemptions to vaccination. The Navy, so far, has granted only one religious exemption to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

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COVID-19 Vaccination Statuses of 500,000 VA Employees have been Impermissibly Disclosed

HIPAA Journal

The COVID-19 vaccination statuses of approximately 500,000 Department of Veterans Affairs employees have been impermissibly disclosed. The spreadsheet also included details of claimed religious and medical exceptions to COVID-19 vaccination.

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Private Employer Vaccine Mandates in the Courts

Bill of Health

After the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers was withdrawn last month , many pronounced private employers to be “on their own” to make decisions about vaccine requirements for their employees. A Fifth Circuit Outlier.

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Unlocking the mRNA Platform Technology: Walking the Talk with Investment Protection

Bill of Health

By Aparajita Lath Two articles published last month in the BMJ analyze the public investment and financing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, highlighting the extensive government funding that has supported the development of mRNA technology from 1985 to 2022. government. It is generally known that the U.S.

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What the New York City Marathon Can Teach Us About Equitable Access to Vaccines

Bill of Health

The most extreme embodiment of this phenomenon, vaccine nationalism , happens when perfectly lawful tools — contracts known as advance purchase agreements — are used to skew the allocation of vaccine doses to wealthier governments and their populations whenever there is a surge in transnational demand for a given vaccine.