Moderna COVID-19 vaccine documents accessed in EMA cyberattack

Reuters

Published Dec 14, 2020 07:10PM ET

Updated Dec 14, 2020 07:30PM ET

(Reuters) - Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) Inc said on Monday it was informed by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) certain documents related to pre-submission talks of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate were unlawfully accessed in a cyberattack on the medicines regulator.

The EMA, which assesses medicines and vaccines for the European Union, said earlier this month that it had been targeted in a cyberattack, which also gave hackers access to documents related to the development of the Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.