Covid-19
Can Pfizer and Moderna End the Pandemic by Sharing Their Vaccine Designs? It’s Not that Simple
Feb 19, 2021 12:03 PM By Kaiser Health News
Could Pfizer and Moderna speed up vaccine distribution by sharing their technology? AFP / Ina FASSBENDER
by Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact
“Pfizer and Moderna could share their design with dozens of other pharma companies who stand ready to produce their vaccines and end the pandemic.”
— Feb. 3 in a Facebook post
This story was produced in partnership with PolitiFact.
Vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna earned praise for creating highly effective covid-19 vaccines in record time. But are they inadvertently hurting the public by not sharing their technology with other pharmaceutical companies to help speed up vaccine manufacturing and distribution?