Here's a list of the 11 potential vaccine manufacturers. You can see what  funding does to the stock price with $NVAX. Now imagine actually being the first with the vaccine. Billions.
$ALT   $HTBX  $MRNA  $JNJ   
$BNTX  $SNY    $VXRT   $NVAX          
$PFE     $GSK    $INO