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First time in nearly 300 years, Royal Society’s most prestigious award goes to a team
The team behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine have been awarded the Royal Society’s most prestigious prize.
For the first time in the nearly 300-year history of the Copley Medal, which is considered to be the world’s oldest scientific prize, it has gone to a team rather than an individual.