Nominations overview
Nominations | Eligibility | Key dates | Shortlist and winners
The winners are announced
Best Communication Award
Sponsored by | Consilium Strategic Communications
Shortlist
- Alliance Pharma plc
- Calliditas Therapeutics AB
- Ergomed plc
- Evotec AG
- WINNER: Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc
- Medica Group plc
Breakthrough of the Year Award
Sponsored by | FTI Consulting
Shortlist
- Arecor Therapeutics plc
- argenx
- WINNER: AstraZeneca plc
- Calliditas Therapeutics AB
- Destiny Pharma plc
- Molecular Partners AG
Best Technology Award
Sponsored by | MC Services
Shortlist
- Aptamer Group plc
- Arecor Therapeutics plc
- ONWARD Medical NV
- Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc
- WINNER: Spectral MD Holdings Ltd
- Transgene
The Emerging Star Award
Sponsored by | Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)
Shortlist
- WINNER: bit.bio
- BiVictriX Therapeutics plc
- Microbiotica Ltd
- MiNA Therapeutics
- Quell Therapeutics Ltd
- Sitryx Therapeutics
- Synaffix BV
Mediscience Media Commentator of the Year Award
Sponsored by | Instinctif Partners
Shortlist
- BioCentury Team
- Clive Cookson/ Financial Times
- Fierce Biotech Team
- Financial Times Health Team
- WINNER: Siegfried Hofmann and Maike Telgheder/ Handelsblatt
- Melanie Senior
Capital Market Transaction of the Year Award
Sponsored by | LifeSci Partners
Shortlist
- Abivax
- argenx
- Heidelberg Pharma AG
- Induction Healthcare Group plc
- WINNER: Oxford Biomedica plc
- Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc
Most Significant Contribution to the Mediscience Sector Award
Sponsored by | SP Angel
Shortlist
- Baillie Gifford
- Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen/ Novo Nordisk Foundation
- WINNER: Antoine Papiernik/ Sofinnova Partners
- Andreas and Thomas Strüngmann
- Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
- Wellcome Trust
Best Newcomer Award
Sponsored by | Bryan, Garnier & Co
Shortlist
- Aelis Farma
- Amniotics AB
- Arecor Therapeutics plc
- WINNER: Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc
- Spectral MD Holdings Ltd
- Vimian Group AB
Chief Executive of the Year Award
Sponsored by | Panmure Gordon
Shortlist
- WINNER: Lisa Anson/ Redx Pharma plc
- Christian Hogg/ HUTCHMED
- Sarah Howell/ Arecor Therapeutics plc
- Stuart Quin/ Medica Group plc
- Miroslav Reljanovic/ Ergomed plc
Company of the Year Award
Sponsored by | WG Partners
Shortlist
- ALK-Abelló A/S
- argenx
- AstraZeneca plc
- WINNER: Calliditas Therapeutics AB
- Ergomed plc
- Novo Nordisk A/S
2022 Key dates
The period under review for all Awards is 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022.
w/c Monday 7 March 2022 – nominations open
Monday 11 April 2022 – nominations close
Thursday 5 May 2022 – Voting Panel meeting
Friday 6 May 2022 – shortlist announced
Thursday 16 June 2022 – winners announced at the European Mediscience Awards 2022
2022 Nominations
Nominations for the 2022 awards are now closed. Sign up above to be in time for next year.
Eligibility
- To be eligible, the majority of the business of the company, and its subsidiaries, must be in the healthcare (animal and human), medical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology or life sciences sectors.
- In addition, a significant part of the company’s, and its subsidiaries’, activities should involve scientific research and development which may or may not be product specific.
- These awards are open to quoted mediscience companies on recognised exchanges throughout Europe.
- For the Emerging Star category, this award was designed for private mediscience companies, although recently quoted public companies could also be considered, at the discretion of the Voting Panel.