There were instances of UK manufacturers of some items contacting NHS buyers to tell them that French or German buyers were trying to place orders for their products, but that they did not want to leave themselves without the capacity to supply the NHS with whatever they required. NHS buyers...
This appears to be somewhat different, this company was already a provider to the NHS, saw what was coming and got orders in early, they took a gamble and it paid off. The piece says what the value of the orders were, but not what the profits on those orders were, but at £2B worth of orders, if...