U.S. District Judge Mitchell Goldberg ruled for the second time that Moderna had not yet shown that the government was the
proper target of a lawsuit by Arbutus Biopharma Corp and Genevant Sciences GmbH.

New Delhi: Despite the backing of the U.S. government, Moderna Inc on Friday failed to persuade a federal judge it should not have lawsuit over its COVID-19 vaccine and that the United States should have been sued instead. U.S. District Judge
Mitchell Goldberg ruled for the second time that Moderna had not yet shown that the government was the proper target of a lawsuit by Arbutus Biopharma Corp and Genevant Sciences GmbH.