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In reply to the discussion: Covid 'lab leak theory': What we've learned [View all]womanofthehills
(10,992 posts)As they are fighting over it and royalities
What they're saying: NIH said in a statement that its scientists created the "stabilized coronavirus spike proteins for the development of vaccines against coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2," and the government consequently has "sought patents to preserve the government's rights to these inventions."
https://www.axios.com/2020/06/25/moderna-nih-coronavirus-vaccine-ownership-agreements
And - Vaccine-maker Moderna has forked over $400 million to the National Institutes of Health for using a molecular stabilizing technique borrowed from government and academic researchers in its mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccinewhich the company made roughly $36 billion selling amid the deadly pandemic, according to The New York Times.https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/moderna-forks-over-400m-to-nih-amid-dispute-over-covid-vaccine-ip/