Award information

2025 Winner

Gates Foundation

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Picture shows, left to right;
Nina Hossain, awards presenter; Nick Johnston, founder & Board Member, Alis Biosciences (collecting on behalf of the award winner); Vadim Alexandre, Head of Healthcare, SP Angel (award sponsor); Melody A. Carey, President & Chief Executive Officer, Rx Communications Group, LLC (Mainline sponsor); and Neil Shah, Executive Director, Content & Strategy, Edison Group (Mainline sponsor).

2025 Shortlist

  • Gates Foundation
  • Jayasree K. Iyer/Access to Medicine Foundation 
  • Novo Holdings A/S
  • Rafaèle Tordjman/Jeito Capital
  • Tim Van Hauwermeiren/argenx SE
  • Johannah Walton/UBS

Criteria 

The winner of this award could be an individual, a company, a government department, research council, etc. who has made the single, biggest, most significant contribution to the sector. Difficult to define, but the Voting Panel will be aware of, and make allowances for, this fact.