Is there anywhere I can read more about this? In the grand scheme of American healthcare costs I don’t think the ~$20 Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is where we should suddenly try to cut costs by stiffing the scientists who did all the hard work over a decade to make it happen. I’m assuming the current $20 price tag already includes BioNTech’s fees?

Yes, it seems pointless if there’s no generics being made, but I would be very concerned about assuming a generic of a vaccine is the same. We already have enough vaccine hesitancy, adding in extra variables doesn’t seem great.