Much of the pioneering work on mRNA vaccines was done with government money, though drugmakers could walk away with big profits
Another example of why the whole argument that government is bad, without the funding by the government these vaccines would not have been developed in the time they were developed. Also, due to the fact that government funding was heavily involved, and the fact that humanity might depend on the results of their use, the drug companies should not be allowed to retain exclusive copyrights on them.