U.S. shows it’s willing to pay more per dose in $2B COVID-19 vaccine deal with Pfizer, BioNTech

Operation Warp Speed’s $2 billion deal with Pfizer and BioNTech is its largest yet for a COVID-19 vaccine, and the only contract focused solely on procurement.

The U.S. government will pay Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) $1.95 billion for 100 million doses of BNT162, or about $19.50 per dose, and has an option for an additional 500 million doses...