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Texas Attorney General Sues Pfizer Over COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy

Pfizer has been sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who on Thursday accused the drugmaker of misrepresenting the efficacy of its widely-used COVID-19 vaccine. In a complaint filed in a Lubbock County state court, Paxton said it was misleading …

The Legal Tensions of Collaboration and Competition in the Life Sciences Industry

Moderna’s suit against Pfizer and partner BioNtech over alleged COVID-vaccine-related patent infringement – and the targets’ countersuit – might suggest an abrupt return to business as usual after an unprecedented period of cooperation among life sciences companies during the height …

Injured Worker Upheld in Refusing Suitable Return Job Because He Opposed Vaccination

It was reasonable for an injured employee who is returning to work to refuse a job that accommodated his disability because he had personal and religious objections to getting a COVID-19 vaccine. The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) ruled against …

AstraZeneca Faces 2 London Lawsuits Over COVID-19 Vaccines

AstraZeneca is facing two London lawsuits, including one from the husband of a woman who died after receiving the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker’s COVID-19 vaccine, in the first of potentially dozens of cases brought in England. Britain was the first country to …

BioNTech Faces First German Lawsuit Over Alleged COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects

BioNTech will go to court on Monday to defend itself against a lawsuit from a German woman who is seeking damages for alleged side effects of its COVID-19 vaccine, the first of potentially hundreds of cases in the country. The …

New York Detective Wants Supreme Court to Block Vaccine Mandate

A New York City police detective has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the city from firing him and other workers for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Lawyers for Detective Anthony Marciano asked the court Thursday for an …

Moderna Sues Pfizer/BioNTech for Patent Infringement Over COVID Vaccine

Moderna is suing Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in the development of the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic. Pfizer shares fell 1.4% …

Millions of Migrants Can’t Get COVID Vaccines Because of Drugmakers’ Liability Fears

BRUSSELS/BANGKOK – Tens of millions of migrants may be denied COVID-19 vaccines from a global program because some major manufacturers are worried about legal risks from harmful side effects, according to officials and internal documents from Gavi, the charity operating …

6th Circuit to Hear Consolidated Lawsuits Challenging Biden Workplace Vaccine Rule

A judicial panel on Tuesday consolidated 34 lawsuits challenging the Biden administration’s workplace COVID-19 vaccine rule in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a venue favored by opponents of the rule. President Joe Biden announced plans for the vaccine …

U.S. Urges Global Intellectual Property Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines

The White House on Thursday called on all World Trade Organization members to support an intellectual property waiver for COVID-19 vaccines. “We … need every WTO member to step up as well and support an intellectual property waiver, and every …