2025 Winners

Pharma Industry Company of the Year

WINNER:

Ipsen

Pharma Leader 2025

RECIPIENT:

Dr. Hesham A. Abdullah, MD, MSc, Senior Vice President, Global Head Oncology, Research & Development, GSK

Pharma Company of the Year

WINNER:

AstraZeneca

FINALISTS:

• AstraZeneca
• CNX Therapeutics
• CSL Seqirus
• Ipsen
• Rosemont Pharmaceuticals
• Upperton Pharma Solutions

Biotech Company of the Year

WINNER:

Greywolf Therapeutics

FINALISTS:

• Deciphex
• Greywolf Therapeutics
• Stablepharma

Pharma Contract Services Company of the Year

WINNER:

Upperton Pharma Solutions

FINALISTS:

• Bouygues Energies & Services
• Cellomatics Biosciences
• hVIVO
• o2h discovery pvt
• OXB
• Paradigm Shift Consulting
• Sequoia Genetics
• Upperton Pharma Solutions

Pharma Supplier of the Year

WINNER:

Synergy Vision

FINALISTS:

• Bouygues Energies & Services
• Chromex Scientific
• Compliance Angels
• PHARMALANE UK
• Synergy Vision

Pharma Project of the Year - Large

WINNER:

CSL Seqirus - Zoonotic Vaccine for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

FINALISTS:

• CSL Seqirus - Zoonotic Vaccine for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
• Guardtech Cleanrooms - BDD Pharma cleanroom facility installation
• Moderna UK - Constructing the Moderna Innovation and Technology Centre

Pharma Project of the Year - Small

WINNER:

GSK- Utilising innovative approaches to understand vaccination medical unmet need in the UK

FINALISTS:

• AstraZeneca – PIONEERS – UK’s First National Lung Cancer Surgeons Forum
• Daiichi Sankyo - CX Academy for Marketing
• GSK- Utilising innovative approaches to understand vaccination medical unmet need in the UK

Innovation of the Year

WINNER:

NunaBio - Manufacture of complex, synthetic DNA at scale

FINALISTS:

• Bouygues Energies & Services - Translating Innovation into Operational Capability
• CrystecPharma - mSAS®: Enhanced, Green Technology for Processing of Biomolecules
• Deciphex Case Complexity AI Model and AI Plug-In For Pathology Slide Scanning
• NunaBio - Manufacture of complex, synthetic DNA at scale
• Oxford BioTherapeutics - Launch of OGAP®-Verify
• Peli Biothermal - Credo Vault offers an innovative blend of performance, flexibility, and sustainability
• Stablepharma - Revolutionising the Cold Chain with Fridge-free pharmaceuticals

Operational Excellence Award

WINNER:

AstraZeneca

FINALISTS:

• AstraZeneca
• Chromex Scientific
• Crown Bioscience
• Diagnexia
• Mundipharma
• Sanofi

Health and Safety Award

WINNER:

Rosemont Pharmaceuticals - Health and Safety Management System

FINALISTS:

• Ethypharm - Digitising Safety in the Pharmaceutical Industry
• Rosemont Pharmaceuticals - Health and Safety Management System

Communications Award

WINNER:

Fusion Pharma - The Windsor Framework Communications Campaign

FINALISTS:

• Fusion Pharma - The Windsor Framework Communications Campaign
• hVIVO
• SynaptixBio: Amplifying rare disease awareness

Sustainability Initiative of the Year

WINNER:

Ipsen - New Drug Product Facility

FINALISTS:

• AstraZeneca - UK Clean Heat
• Ipsen - New Drug Product Facility

Corporate Social Responsibility Programme of the Year

WINNER:

CNX Therapeutics - Talent without barriers: CNX’s partnership to transform pharma industry recruitment

FINALISTS:

• CNX Therapeutics - Talent without barriers: CNX’s partnership to transform pharma industry recruitment
• Gilead Sciences (UK & I) with AXON – Gilead Fellowship and Medical Grants Programme: Community Support

Pharma Education and Training Award

WINNER:

Paradigm Shift and GDPTraining.co.uk - Cost effective ops based training

FINALISTS:

• Daiichi Sankyo - CX Academy for Marketing
• Paradigm Shift and GDPTraining.co.uk - Cost effective ops based training

HR Achievement Award

WINNER:

Ipsen - Excellence in Talent & Development

FINALISTS:

• Ipsen - Excellence in Talent & Development
• RSSL - People Manager Training Programme

Best Use of Technology Award

WINNER:

Diagnexia & East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

FINALISTS:

• bioXcelerate AI - DiscoveryX
• Diagnexia & East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
• Innovation in Asset Management - CompuCal Calibration Solutions & Pharmagraph
• Roseway Labs - eRoseway

Partnership Alliance of the Year

WINNER:

Deciphex & Novartis

FINALISTS:

• Chiesi UK & Ireland & Hull University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
• CompuCal Calibration Solutions & Pharmagraph
• Deciphex & Novartis

Women in Pharma Award

WINNER:

CrystecPharma - Dr Lyn Daintree

FINALISTS:

• bioXcelerate AI - Zhana Kuncheva, PhD
• Chromex Scientific - Beverley Harris
• CrystecPharma - Dr Lyn Daintree
• CSL Seqirus - Cheryl King
• Deciphex - Dr. Jenny Fitzgerald
• Ipsen - Jeannette Brend

Best Emerging Pharma Company/start up

WINNER:

SMi Systems – Single molecule imaging tools for diagnostics and drug development

FINALISTS:

• Beckley Psytech: Pioneering the next generation of mental health treatments
• Novai - DARC Technology
• SMi Systems – Single molecule imaging tools for diagnostics and drug development

Pharma AI & Data Analytics Innovation Award

WINNER:

AstraZeneca - MILTON

FINALISTS:

• AstraZeneca - MILTON
• NWEH - Transforming Safety Reporting in Clinical Trials with ConneXon

Best Patient-Centric Initiative

WINNER:

Mast Group - Enhancing Accessibility in Bowel Cancer Screening The Impact of Mast Group's FIT Aid Device

FINALISTS:

• A Life in a Day & MEDICE
• Mast Group - Enhancing Accessibility in Bowel Cancer Screening The Impact of Mast Group's FIT Aid Device

Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Strategy Award

WINNER:

Sequoia Genetics - Diversity by Design: Building Inclusion from Day One

FINALISTS:

• Bouygues Energies & Services - Delivering Infrastructure, Empowering People
• Sequoia Genetics - Diversity by Design: Building Inclusion from Day One