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Sarah Gilbert, Adrian Hill and Oxford University to get windfalls when Covid vaccine firm Vaccitech goes public

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Prof Sarah Gilbert, the Oxford University scientist who lead the team that created the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, is set for a payday of more than £20m as the vaccine technology firm she co-founded prepares to float on the New York stock exchange.
Gilbert, who became a household name as a result of her work creating Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine, owns just over 5% of Vaccitech, a Oxford University spin-out company that owns the biotechnology behind the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and others for Mers, hepatitis B, the virus that causes shingles, and a range of cancers. Continue reading...