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Matt Gline

Matt Gline

Chief Executive Officer, Roivant Sciences

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"This outcome speaks to the fundamental role that Genevant's foundational LNP technology played in enabling the world's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As we continue to pursue our ongoing litigation against Pfizer/BioNTech, whose Comirnaty sales represent ~2/3 of global COVID vaccine sales, this resolution with Moderna reduces uncertainty, validates our IP estate and provides near term significant cash inflow." — Statement on March 3, 2026

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Moderna's battle over the delivery technology in its COVID vaccine

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Pursuing Pfizer/BioNTech litigation next

For four years, the question of whether Moderna owed billions for technology at the heart of its COVID-19 vaccine hung over the company. Less than a week before a jury trial was set to begin in Delaware, Moderna agreed to pay up to $2.25 billion to settle patent claims brought by Arbutus Biopharma and Genevant Sciences—accepting a court judgment that it infringed four patents and that those patents are valid. If the full amount is paid, it would be the largest disclosed patent settlement in pharmaceutical history, surpassing a $2.15 billion Pfizer-Takeda settlement in 2013.

Updated Mar 4