Before we get too arrogant you might want to know this
from Wikpidia
Derrick J. Rossi (born 5 February 1966),
[1] is a
Canadian stem cell biologist and
entrepreneur. He is known for co-founding the
biotechnology company Moderna.
Also the present ceo is French.
And the research is based on Hungarian
Katalin Karikó (
Hungarian:
Karikó Katalin, Hungarian pronunciation:
[ˈkɒrikoː ˌkɒtɒlin]; born 17 January 1955) is a
Hungarian biochemist who specializes in
RNA-mediated mechanisms. Her research has been the development of
in vitro-
transcribed mRNA for protein therapies. She co-founded and was CEO of RNARx, from 2006 to 2013.
[1] Since 2013, she has been a vice president and promoted to senior vice president in 2019 at
BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals.
[2] She is also an
adjunct professor at the
University of Pennsylvania.
[1]
Karikó's work includes the scientific research of RNA-mediated immune activation, resulting in the co-discovery with American immunologist
Drew Weissman of the
nucleoside modifications that suppress the
immunogenicity of
RNA.
[3][4][5] This is seen as permitting the therapeutic use of mRNA.
[6] Together with Weissman, she holds U.S. patents for the application of non-immunogenic, nucleoside-modified RNA. This technology has been licensed by
BioNTech and
Moderna to develop their
COVID-19 vaccines.
[7]
Which leads us into the Pfizer vaccine that is actually the German company BioNTech technology.
Now let's look at the J&J
again from wikipedia
The
Janssen or
Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is a
COVID-19 vaccine[19] that was developed by
Janssen Vaccines in
Leiden, Netherlands,
[20] and its Belgian parent company
Janssen Pharmaceuticals,
[21] subsidiary of American company
Johnson & Johnson.
[22][23]
Seems America seems to be quite behind in Vaccine development.