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I share your understanding of which companies did what.

You're probably reading U.S. media sources.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if BionTech have similar partnerships with large pharma companies in other countries, where the media there similarly claim it for their national champion.

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It sounds like BioNTech did all the development work on the vaccine, but Pfizer funded the actual creation of the vaccine and runs the trials/logistics/finances/business stuff (considering how temperature-sensitive this is, logistics have to be fairly painful). Both should probably be credited (as they are in this article).

You're right. I was being overly cynical and dismissive towards Pfizer's role after seeing many headlines crediting ONLY Pfizer.

It is known as the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in europe as well; Pfizer did not just handle logistics but the trials as well, which are a huge part of the effort.

Oh, fair enough!

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