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Medical laboratory scientist, Aniela Sobel, tests serology samples from the Novavax phase 3 Covid-19 clinical vaccine trial at the UW Medicine Retrovirology Research Lab at Harborview Medical Center on February 12 (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)

Researchers at the UW Medicine Retrovirology Research Lab at Harborview Medical Center work on samples from the Novavax phase 3 Covid-19 clinical vaccine trial on February 12, 2021 in Seattle, Washington

Researchers at the UW Medicine Retrovirology Lab at Harborview Medical Center work on samples from the Novavax phase 3 Covid-19 clinical vaccine trials on February 12, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)

Patents are displayed in the lobby of a Beijing holding group, May 22, 2015. (Visual China Group via Getty Images)