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2023-02-28 02:14:17 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4FA03A8FF4A899F7BFFCAD3A2E70A72BB1A3049285EEF7361AD61799A16D2B7A
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Moderna licensed the use of a method for stabilizing coronavirus spike proteins and paid royalties to three parties: NIH, Scripps, and Dartmouth. Several NIH-affiliated inventors are named in the patent, none of whom are Anthony Fauci. Patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2018081318A1/en Moderna Statement: https://investors.modernatx.com/news/news-details/2023/Moderna-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Fiscal-Year-2022-Financial-Results-and-Provides-Business-Updates/default.aspx NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/science/moderna-covid-vaccine-patent-nih.html
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