Should the US government share the Moderna COVID vaccine recipe?

As much of the developing world struggles to gain access to COVID-19 vaccine doses, some legal experts say the key lies in having the US government share the step-by-step instructions for manufacturing and testing the Moderna mRNA vaccine with other manufacturers.

In a recent Health Affairs blog, Christopher J. Morten, Zain Rizvi, and Ameet Sarpatwari made the case that the US government, through its contract with Moderna, has both access to the details of how the vaccine is made and the legal authority to disclose the information.