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Covid-19 vaccines: Moderna heads for a clash with SA govt, WHO over patent claims

Summary by Ground News
Medecins Sans Frontiers and other groups want Moderna to abandon three patent applications filed years ago in South Africa. They say they could impede a WHO-backed effort to make messenger RNA shots for low-income countries at a hub in Cape Town. The patents effectively give Moderna the right to stop anyone from making or selling an mRNA vaccine, an expert says.

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News24 broke the news in South Africa on Friday, March 4, 2022.
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