Re:Moderna waiving Intellectual Property rights for the rema...
by Kalium on Monday April 26, 2021 @07:58AM
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Companies like Moderna that are currently using IP are not always willing to license it. Sometimes they prefer to keep it in-house and reserved for their own use.
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Re:Moderna waiving Intellectual Property rights for the rema...
by ethbr0 on Monday April 26, 2021 @08:13AM
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Especially given not all of the world has a tradition of caring about foreign IP enforcement. Say, post-pandemic and when you'd like to use Moderna's methods for other drugs.
Which, say what you want about IP law, but pharma objectively has the best claim to it -- if we want new drugs and safety, exclusivity periods and sole ownership of IP are the only way to balance the massive initial financial outlay. (Without funding it directly from government)