John Ward at Moderna: 'Time will no longer be the currency of value within the legal industry.'
16 October 2025NewsPharmaTom Phillips

Moderna TM counsel: Commoditising work using AI is a ‘moral obligation’

After saving hundreds of thousands of dollars ‘with my laptop and ChatGPT’, the biotech’s trademarks leader says lawyers need to discover how the tech can reduce external spend.

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