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Looks like the government “pre ordered” vaccine from Pfizer but Pfizer didn’t actually accept funding for development: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world

• credit_guy 6y ago
  So the US Government gave them a put option for 100 million doses (or 50 million vaccines) with a strike of about $20 per dose. And they took that put option. This is a very valuable option that removes a lot of R&D risk. They didn't get an upfront cash amount, but saying they "were never part of the operation Warp Speed" sounds quite disingenuous to me.