2025 Winners

Celebrating the Winners of the 2025 Pharma Industry Awards UK.

We’re delighted to congratulate this year’s winners and finalists. The awards were presented at the Gala Ceremony on 10 September 2025 at the Park Plaza London Riverbank.

Pharma Industry Company of the Year

WINNER:

Ipsen

Sponsored by:

Pharma Leader 2025

RECIPIENT:

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

Sponsored by:

Pharma Company of the Year

WINNER:

AstraZeneca

FINALISTS:

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

Sponsored by:

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

Sponsored by:

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

Sponsored by:

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

Sponsored by:

Partnership Alliance of the Year

WINNER:

Deciphex & Novartis

FINALISTS:

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

Sponsored by:

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