[ZERO] The U.S. government has released the licensing agreement it hammered out with vaccine manufacturer Moderna but has refused to confirm many payment details.Moderna agreed to pay the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to license spike protein technology the company included in its COVID-19 vaccine, the contract confirms.
Moderna resisted for years acknowledging the work by government researchers on the spike protein but relented in late 2021 and announced the contract during an earnings call on Feb. 23.
Moderna said it provided a "catch-up payment" of $400 million to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which is part of the NIH, under the agreement.
Moderna agreed to pay the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to license spike protein technology the company included in its COVID-19 vaccine, the contract confirms.
The newly disclosed contract says that Moderna would pay the NIH a "noncreditable, nonrefundable royalty in the amount of Four Hundred Million dollars."
Portions that would confirm Moderna’s statement that the company would pay "low single digit royalties" on future sales of its COVID-19 vaccines are redacted.
The contract, running 34 pages, has key sections redacted as to future royalties.
One section, for instance, says, "The licensee agrees to pay to the NIAID earned royalties on net sales ... as follows." But the rest of the section is redacted.
"Redacted" for what reason ?
The Epoch Times obtained the contract through the Freedom of Information Act.