The U.S. government has released the licensing agreement it hammered out with vaccine manufacturer Moderna but has refused to confirm many payment details. Moderna agreed to pay the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to license spike protein technology the company included in its COVID-19 vaccine, the contract confirms. Moderna resisted for years acknowledging the work…
Contract Confirms US Government Received $400 Million From Major COVID-19 Vaccine Manufacturer
March 27, 2023
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Opposition MPs Reproach Pharmaceutical Executives for Not Releasing Unredacted Vaccine Contracts
Conservative MPs on the public accounts committee admonished pharmaceutical executives on Thursday for refusing to release unredacted versions of the vaccine contracts with the Canadian government. “We are not asking for it for public release. We are asking for it so that the small group of members of Parliament—who have been charged with holding the…
Opposition MPs Scold Pharmaceutical Executives for Not Releasing Unredacted Vaccine Contracts
Conservative MPs on the public accounts committee admonished pharmaceutical executives on Thursday for refusing to release unredacted versions of the vaccine contracts with the Canadian government. “We are not asking for it for public release. We are asking for it so that the small group of members of Parliament—who have been charged with holding the…
LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (March 22): Trump Indictment Vote Delayed, Grand Jury Meeting Canceled; Fed Hikes Rate Again Despite Bank Failures
A potential indictment of former President Donald Trump was delayed on March 22 after the grand jury in New York investigating the Stormy Daniels hush money case was reportedly told not to meet and to be on standby for Thursday. The reason for the adjournment is unclear. Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers gave their reactions to the…
NTD Evening News (March 22): Trump Indictment Vote Delayed, Grand Jury Meeting Canceled; Fed Hikes Rate Again Despite Bank Failures
A potential indictment of former President Donald Trump was delayed on March 22 after the grand jury in New York investigating the Stormy Daniels hush money case was reportedly told not to meet and to be on standby for Thursday. The reason for the adjournment is unclear. Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers gave their reactions to the…
Facing Senators, Moderna CEO Defends Quadrupling Cost of COVID Vaccine
Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel defended his company’s decision to drastically increase the cost of the COVID-19 vaccine in a hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on March 22. Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Ranking Member Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) both thanked Bancel for his company’s work to push out…
Judge Rejects Request From Moderna, Moving Key COVID-19 Vaccine Case to Discovery
March 13, 2023
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A key COVID-19 vaccine case is moving to discovery after a U.S. judge rejected a bid by Moderna to dismiss some of the patent infringement claims against it. Moderna and the U.S. government, which backed the company, failed to prove that claims involving the company’s COVID-19 vaccine contract with the government should be dismissed, U.S. District…
Industry Minister Met With Pfizer to Expand Collaboration
Canada’s minister of industry met with executives from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in New York City on March 2 to discuss expanding collaboration, his office says. “They discussed how we can collaborat[e] in multiple areas to expand our growing biomanufacturing and life sciences sector,” said Laurie B. Bouchard, spokesperson to Minister François-Philippe Champagne. “New areas of…
US Invested in mRNA Vaccines for Decades Pre-Pandemic
March 8, 2023
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In the first study to systematically examine the public investments in mRNA vaccines, researchers have found that the U.S. government was substantially invested in COVID-19 decades before the pandemic. Published in the British Medical Journal on March 3, the study found that the government invested $31.9 billion in mRNA vaccines and technologies between 1985 and…
90 Million COVID Vaccines Making Their Way to Canada: Federal Records
Over 90 million COVID-19 vaccines are making their way to Canada, federal records show. “Under Canada’s advance purchase agreements there are currently 90.8 million remaining doses to be delivered in 2023 and 2024,” said a Department of Public Works report to the Commons public accounts committee (PACP), as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter. Prices were…
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