CureVac Announces Developments in Patent Litigation with Pfizer/BioNTech

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May 19, 2023
  • Motion to transfer U.S. litigation to Eastern District of Virginia granted at CureVac's request and expected to significantly accelerate U.S. litigation timeline
  • CureVac is filing counterclaim in U.S. court under nine patents covering foundational mRNA innovations highly relevant to the design, formulation and manufacturing of Comirnaty®
  • German Federal Patent Court issued preliminary opinion in April 2023 supporting validity of a German patent corresponding to one of the patents enforced against Pfizer/BioNTech in the U.S.