Moderna's chairman, Noubar Afeyan, says the company won't share the recipe for its COVID-19 vaccine because scaling up its own production is the best way to increase the global supply. The U.N. health agency has pressed Moderna to share its formula.
Moderna co-founder and chairman Noubar Afeyan listens to questions during an interview with the Associated Press, in Rome, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Noubar Afeyan also reiterated a pledge Moderna made a year ago not to enforce patent infringement on anyone else making a coronavirus vaccine during the pandemic.
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