HHS Released More Coronavirus Vaccine Contracts As Election Results Unfolded
Newly released COVID-19 vaccine contracts include weakened protections against potential price gouging. Several key federal contracts still haven't been disclosed by the government.
by Sydney Lupkin
Nov 08, 2020
3 minutes
While the country was focused on the outcome of the election Saturday, the Department of Health and Human Services released a trove of new Operation Warp Speed documents.
The newly released contracts include the crash program's $1 billion agreement with Johnson & Johnson, which was issued through a third-party firm and lacks some customary protections against potential future price-gouging.
Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration's expensive push to make a coronavirus vaccine widely available in record time, has
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