Not knowing anything about big pharma, does Astrazeneca make all the money here? How much does a vaccine like this cost per person given the scale of the distribution and manufacturing?
I work in an area where we make agreements with university’s. It’s often shared IP or publicity. Alternatively, one can publish, once the other makes profits. Or it could be something in between.
In this case, I bet everyone is doing this pro-Bono from a future profit perspective, because the government is paying for all of it.