The NIH claims joint ownership of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine
https://www.axios.com/2020/06/25/moderna-nih-coronavirus-vaccine-ownership-agreements
NIH provided the ground work for the vaccine. “Likely more than that.”
Vaccine-maker Moderna has forked over $400 million to the National Institutes of Health for using a molecular stabilizing technique borrowed from government and academic researchers in its mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine—which the company made roughly $36 billion selling amid the deadly pandemic, according to The New York Times.