US market today: Pfizer posts strong first-quarter, sees boost from recent legal winsPfizer reported higher-than-expected sales and profit on Tuesday and said a patent extension for its Vyndamax heart drug and a recent favor...
05 May, 2026, 09.04 PM IST
Moderna stocks: MRNA shares jump in US Stock market today after pharma giant surpasses Wall Street estimatesModerna had earlier posted a loss of $2.52 per share a year earlier, while analysts expected a loss of $3.96 per share.
01 May, 2026, 04.15 PM IST
GlaxoSmithKline sues Pfizer and BioNTech over Covid-19 vaccine technologyGlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has filed a lawsuit against Pfizer and BioNTech in Delaware federal court, alleging infringement of GSK's patents rel...
25 Apr, 2024, 08.09 PM IST
Moderna sues Pfizer/BioNTech for patent infringement over COVID vaccineModerna alleges Pfizer/BioNTech, without permission, copied mRNA technology that Moderna had patented between 2010 and 2016, well before CO...
26 Aug, 2022, 07.28 PM IST
WTO agrees to lift Covid vaccine patents, but is it 'too late'?The unprecedented agreement, sealed by all 164 WTO members after late-night overtime talks, will grant developing countries the right to pr...
17 Jun, 2022, 07.46 PM IST
WTO meeting on COVID vaccine patent waiver proposal went 'very well', chair says"It went very well and here's why I say that. No member rejected the outcome as completely unacceptable," Ambassador Lansana Gberie from Si...
06 May, 2022, 08.55 PM IST
The United States drug industry used to oppose patents - what changed?Drugmakers quickly voiced their opposition to the move, but public health advocates were elated. Waiving patent rights, the thinking goes, ...
13 Mar, 2022, 09.04 PM IST
WTO inches forward in Covid vaccine patent waiver talksViews on the matter meanwhile remain far apart, the trade official said, adding that an initial report on progress in the text-based discus...
10 Jun, 2021, 09.08 AM IST
Indigenous vaccine efforts only hopeThe world does not have sufficient installed capacity to supply the 11-13 billion doses of Covid vaccines required and their ingredients.
30 May, 2021, 11.04 PM IST
EU invites 'concrete' US plan on lifting Covid vaccine patentsEuropean Council chief Charles Michel, attending an EU summit in Portugal, said the bloc was ready to discuss a US offer to suspend patent ...
09 May, 2021, 09.15 AM IST
Drugmakers say Joe Biden misguided over vaccine patent waiverIf adopted by the World Trade Organisation, the proposal would invite new manufacturers that lack essential know-how and oversight from the...
07 May, 2021, 11.38 PM IST
Unlocking vaccine IPs provides a keyThere would be two practical advantages for vaccine production in India, if the waiver comes through at the World Trade Organization.
06 May, 2021, 11.14 PM IST
Immediately license all patents necessary for vaccine, drug production: Jairam Ramesh"USA supports waiver of IP protections on COVID-19 vaccines. Here is an immediate 2-point agenda for increasing vaccine and medicine availa...
06 May, 2021, 09.04 PM IST
Must open licence regime to push vaccine, drug supply: ExpertsThe government can invoke the Indian Patents Act to manufacture crucial drugs used to treat Covid-19 patients and to negotiate with pharmac...
03 May, 2021, 07.18 AM IST
Civil society petition in SC for compulsory licence for vaccine, key Covid drugs“Covid-19 is a public health emergency and the government is obligated to issue an order of government authorisation under Section 100 or a...
30 Apr, 2021, 09.55 PM IST
European parliament members back India request for patents waiverET has learnt that MEPs cutting across party lines in their letter expressed concern over delays over vaccines and vaccination in European ...
05 Feb, 2021, 11.17 AM IST
India and South Africa demand waiver of certain provisions of Intellectual Property for Covid-19 therapeuticsThis statement comes at a time when the race for Covid-19 vaccine is heating up across the world. Though most vaccine makers have received ...
03 Oct, 2020, 01.27 PM IST