Federal Government Might Have Stake in Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine

The federal government might have partial ownership of Moderna’s CCP virus vaccine.

A doctor looks at protein samples at Novavax labs, one of the labs developing a vaccine for the COVID-19, in Rockville, Md., on March 20, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

The federal government might have partial ownership of Moderna’s CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccine, according to reports.

According to documents obtained by Axios, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) may possess some of the intellectual property used to develop Moderna’s vaccine for the CCP virus, commonly referred to as the novel coronavirus.