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2025 Shortlist & Winners
The Voting Panel met to discuss the 2025 nominations on Thursday 8 May and, after deliberation, arrived at the shortlist below. Winners were announced at the European Mediscience Awards gala dinner on Thursday 12 June 2025.
Best Communication Award
Sponsored by | ICR Healthcare
Shortlist
- WINNER: Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc
- hVIVO plc
- Ondine Biomedical Inc.
- Oxford Biomedica plc
- Pharming Group NV
- Verona Pharma plc
Breakthrough of the Year Award
Sponsored by | FTI Consulting
Shortlist
- Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc
- Autolus Therapeutics plc
- Merus NV
- Newron Pharmaceuticals SpA
- Optima Health plc
- WINNER: Verona Pharma plc
Best Technology Award
Sponsored by | RBC Capital Markets
Shortlist
- WINNER: Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc
- Allergy Therapeutics plc
- ANGLE plc
- Avacta Group plc
- Creo Medical Group plc
- Scancell Holdings plc
The Emerging Star Award
Sponsored by | HSBC Innovation Banking
Shortlist
- Apollo Therapeutics Limited
- Beacon Therapeutics Limited
- Bioptimus
- Myricx Bio
- Nuclera Ltd
- Purespring Therapeutics Limited
- WINNER: Quell Therapeutics Limited
- Zelluna ASA
Mediscience Commentator of the Year Award
Sponsored by | MEDiSTRAVA
Shortlist
- Amy Brown/BiotechTV
- Endpoints News/the Team
- Hannah Kuchler/Financial Times
- WINNER: Melanie Senior
- Tina Tan/FirstWord HealthTech
Capital Market Transaction of the Year Award
Sponsored by | Stephenson Harwood
Shortlist
- BioVersys AG
- NewAmsterdam Pharma Company NV
- Oculis Holding AG
- Optima Health plc
- Vicore Pharma Holding AB
- WINNER: Zealand Pharma A/S
Most Significant Contribution to the Mediscience Sector Award
Sponsored by | SP Angel
Shortlist
- WINNER: 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
Chief Executive of the Year Award
Sponsored by | Panmure Liberum
Shortlist
- Stuart Gall/Intelligent Ultrasound Group plc
- Ian Johnson/NIOX Group plc
- Heikki Lanckriet/4basebio plc
- Frank Mathias/Oxford Biomedica plc
- Adam Steensberg/Zealand Pharma A/S
- WINNER: Fredrik Tiberg/Camurus AB
- Tim Van Hauwermeiren/argenx SE
- Jennifer Winter/Animalcare Group plc
Company of the Year Award
Sponsored by | Cavendish
Shortlist
- Ascendis Pharma A/S
- Basilea Pharmaceutica AG
- Camurus AB
- Cereno Scientific AB
- Pharming Group NV
- Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA
- WINNER: Verona Pharma plc
- Zealand Pharma A/S
2025 Key dates
The period under review for all Awards is 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.
w/c Monday 3 March 2025 – nominations open
Friday 4 April 2025 – nominations close
Thursday 8 May 2025 – Voting Panel meeting
Friday 9 May 2025 – shortlist announced
Thursday 12 June 2025 – winners announced at the European Mediscience Awards 2025
2025 Nominations
Nominations have closed for 2025 and will open in March for the next Awards programme. Sign up above to receive notifications.
Eligibility
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These awards are open to quoted mediscience companies on recognised exchanges throughout Europe, as well as European and UK-based companies that are quoted on NASDAQ.
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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.
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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.
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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.