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Originally Posted by Sooner or later
The heavy lifting on the Pfizer vaccine should go to BioNTech, a German biotech.
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Yeah, I've mentioned that previously as well. However, it was a partnership agreement that had hundreds of millions of dollars going from Pfizer to BioNTech. And that agreement was only sought by Pfizer AFTER the US engaged with them, committing $1.9 billion dollars. So, as mentioned the "heavy lifting" for the entirety of the CV vaccine "race" goes to US taxpayers, via our current admin's action/programs.
As I've also mentioned before, Pfizer is not the only biotech that the US has thrown massive amounts of money at. There are several other players involved (Novavax, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, AstraZeneca, GSK, Eli Lily, Emergent, etc.), who have received BILLIONS in US funding. Pfizer is likely to be the first to the finish line, but they will certainly not be the only game in town.