The Picatinny contract between Pfizer/BioNTech and the Dept. of the Army openly speak of the mRNA Covid injection as a prototype. The mRNA platform was the goal from the beginning.
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The intent of this prototype project is to demonstrate that Pfizer has the business and logistics capability to manufacture 100M doses of its currently unapproved mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine for the Government (b) (4) , using the Pfizer/BioNTech unique mRNA delivery system...
That’s probably one of the drivers for this contract, Pfizer didn’t have a domestic supply chain at that time with the was capability of producing that volume.
Also there were initially very stringent cold chain logistics requirements for the vaccine. I think that was relaxed after Biden took office.