biontech says it will vigorously defend against the allegations. 0ur innovations are original. we have spent 20 years of research in developing this type of treatment and, of course, we will fight for our intellectual property. these patent disputes won t stop the rollout of covid vaccines. mrna technology came of age in the pandemic. the question now is can it take on cancer? fergus walsh, bbc news. the first european woman to command the international space station has spoken for the first time since arriving back to earth on friday. samantha cristoforetti had been on board for nearly six months conducting research on the effects of microgravity on the human cells and other systems. the italian astronaut was on her second mission to the space station but this is likely to be her last.
we have spent 20 years of research in developing this type of treatment and, of course, we will fight for our intellectual property. these patent disputes won t stop the rollout of covid vaccines. mrna technology came of age in the pandemic. the question now is can it take on cancer? fergus walsh, bbc news. you can hear more of that interview between laura kuenssberg and the founders of biontech on laura s sunday show, which is on bbc one at 9:00am this morning. i remember that moment, incredible, the relief. here s louise with a look at the weather. levy some relief on the weekend? actually, we have had some blue sky.
we are always hesitant to say we will have a cure for cancer. we have a number of breakthroughs and we will continue to work on them. but it may be several years before we know if trials in bowel cancer, melanoma and other tumour types really do live up to the hype. covid vaccines, though, have been highly successful and made billions for biontech, but rivalfirm moderna has started legal action for patent infringement in essence, claiming key elements of their mrna technology were copied. biontech says it will vigorously defend against the allegations. our innovations are original. we have spent 20 years of research in developing this type of treatment and, of course, we will fight for our intellectual property. these patent disputes
we have a number of breakthroughs and we will continue to work on them. but it may be several years before we know if trials in bowel cancer, melanoma and other tumour types really do live up to the hype. covid vaccines, though, have been highly successful and made billions for biontech, but rivalfirm moderna has started legal action for patent infringement in essence, claiming key elements of their mrna technology were copied. biontech says it will vigorously defend against the allegations. our innovations are original. we have spent 20 years of research in developing this type of treatment and, of course, we will fight for our intellectual property. these patent disputes won t stop the rollout of covid vaccines.
therefore as scientists, we are always hesitant to say we will have have a cure for cancer. we have a number of breakthroughs and we will continue to work on them. but it may be several years before we know if trials in bowel cancer, melanoma and other tumour types really do live up to the hype. covid vaccines have been highly successful and made billions for biontech. but rivalfirm moderna has started legal action for patent infringement. in essence claiming key elements of their mrna technology were copied. biontech says it will vigorously defend against the allegations. our innovations are original. we have spent 20 years of research in developing this type of treatment and of course we will fight for our intellectual property. these patent disputes won t stop the roll out of covid vaccines. mrna technology came of age in the pandemic. the question now is can