For example: In June, the biotech company Vaxart gave stock options to its CEO and agreed to let its top shareholder quickly buy and sell its shares.

Weeks later, Vaxart said it was selected for Operation Warp Speed, the federal vaccine initiative. Its shares instantly doubled.
The CEO's stock awards went from $4m to $28m. Vaxart's top shareholder immediately sold all its shares, netting $200m of profits.

@HHSgov tells us Vaxart's Warp Speed work is confined to a single monkey trial. HHS officials suspect Vaxart is citing Warp Speed to hype its stock.
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