This could contribute to saving millions of lives globally."īREAKING: We, along with 5 other NGOs, the deans of 3 public health schools & 11 leading scientists are asking the & to use a key patent, owned by the US Government, to increase global access to the vaccine. Now it is time for our government to ensure that this critical lifesaving technology be made available to all. taxpayers have invested over $2.5 billion in the development of mRNA-1273. It is imperative that the NIH uses any licensing agreement to include provisions to help increase global access to this lifesaving technology, rather than just a monetary royalty," the letter reads. government has not licensed the patent to Moderna. In a letter (pdf) earlier this week to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, NIH Director Francis Collins, and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Director Anthony Fauci, a coalition of advocacy groups led by PrEP4All and around a dozen scientists said the government-owned patent should be used as a "tool" to "facilitate scale-up of production of mRNA-1273 and ensure rapid, equitable global access."
The patent in question covers crucial spike-protein technology developed by the NIH, an invention that has since been utilized in at least five major Covid vaccines- including the Moderna-NIH shot formally known as mRNA-1273. government has an embarrassing history of giving away publicly-funded and publicly-owned medical technology to corporations, which then ration it back to the people at monopoly prices."
government's ownership of a key patent as leverage to ensure that the coronavirus vaccine co-developed by Moderna and National Institutes of Health is widely produced and distributed around the world, particularly in developing countries. Public health advocacy groups and scientists are pressuring the Biden administration to use the U.S.
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