The shortlist categories are divided into FOUR groups:

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Excellence Categories – These categories look at achievements in our  core areas of excellence and include everything from Covid-19 Response to Social Impact.

Sector Excellence – These categories look at achievements within each individual market sub-sector and can include everything from notable business expansion through innovation to diversity and environmental initiatives.

Firms of the Year – These categories look at achievements by specific types of companies and includes everything from new market entrants to finance and legal firms.

Deals of the Year – The most notable finance and M&A deals from the research period.

 

*Please note that we also have awards for individuals, the winners of which will be announced in our Awards Report alongside the other category winners

Excellence Categories

BUSINESS EXPANSION

COVID-19 RESPONSE

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

  • Alliance to Zero
  • Lloyd
  • The Sustainable Healthcare Coalition

INNOVATION

  • Exscientia, BMS
  • GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
  • NVIDIA
  • Piezo Motion
  • University of California, San Diego
  • University of California, Berkeley

PRODUCT LAUNCH

  • Chief.AI
  • Dot Compliance
  • Genoskin
  • Hetero
  • Idifarma
  • Indivior
  • Merck

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

  • Adagio Therapeutics
  • Ampio
  • BioMarin, Deep Genomics
  • Codiak, Sarepta
  • CRUK, Teon
  • Oxford University
  • Pfizer, BioNTech
  • Scancell

SAFETY

  • ArisGlobal
  • TransPerfect

SOCIAL IMPACT

Sector Excellence

CARDIOVASCULAR

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

CLINICAL TRIALS

  • AbbVie, Calico
  • Cytodyn, Biomm
  • Gilead, Novo Nordisk
  • Hoth Therapeutics, UCRI
  • Moderna
  • Novavax
  • Pfizer, BioNTech

DRUG DEVELOPMENT

  • Arcus Biosciences, WuXi Biologics
  • Arrowhead, Horizon
  • BioMarin
  • FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics
  • GI Innovation
  • insitro
  • IQVIA
  • Merck
  • Roivant Sciences
  • UCB, Microsoft
  • Viking Therapeutics

IMMUNOLOGY

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

MANUFACTURING

ONCOLOGY

  • AbbVie, I-Mab
  • Arcus Biosciences, WuXi Biologics
  • AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo
  • Bayer, Triumvira Immunologics
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), Agenus
  • Boehringer, Enara Bio
  • Byondis, Glycotope
  • CRUK, Teon
  • Eisai, BMS
  • Gilead, Tango Therapeutics
  • HiFiBiO
  • Revitope Oncology
  • Pfizer
  • Rhizen, Curon
  • Twist, Neogene
  • Umoja Biopharma

RESPIRATORY

  • Icosavax
  • Moderna
  • Partner Therapeutics
  • Pieris, Genentech
  • Verona

SUPPLY CHAIN

Firm of the Year

DISRUPTOR

FINANCE

LEGAL

  • Allen & Overy
  • Cooley
  • Cravath, Swaine & Moore
  • Davis Polk & Wardwell
  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
  • Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
  • Goodwin Procter
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Ropes & Gray
  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
  • Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

NEWCOMER

PRIVATE EQUITY/VC

SME

  • Beam Therapeutics
  • Five Prime Therapeutics
  • GI Innovation
  • Insitro
  • Revitope Oncology
  • Unchained Labs
  • Viking Therapeutics

Deal of the Year

FINANCE

  • Biomat
  • Everest Med
  • Hepalink
  • Legend Bio
  • Relay Tx
  • Remegen
  • Simcere
  • Sotera Health

M&A (impact)