This year marks a decade for the OBN Awards, which celebrate and recognise those leading the way in the life sciences industry, and the list of finalists includes Alderley Park.
Awards
Experiencing growth each year, the OBN Awards will this year (2018) take place in the Examination Schools in Oxford, which will allow an increased capacity for 300 guests to enjoy the celebrations on the evening of 11 October.
Additionally, the organisers of the awards have updated the categories to ensure relevance and interest for the audience. This year there will be two medtech categories (rather than just one), an evolved digital category (recognising a company that is best using a digital approach to improve healthcare), a new best specialist CRO category and best sector support category.
The latter category shortlist includes Alderley Park and recognises the levels of support or service to companies in the life sciences sector by a general CRO, law firm, IP agent, science park, sector organisation or government body.
The full list of finalists is as follows:
1 Best Start-up Biotech Company, sponsored by Novo Nordisk
Circadian Therapeutics
IGEM Tx
GammaDelta
2 Best Emerging Biotech Company, sponsored by World Courier
Phoremost
Blue Earth Diagnostics
Healx
3 Best Established Biotech Company, sponsored by Horton International
Adaptimmune
Astex Pharmaceuticals
F-Star
Oxford BioMedica
4 Best Diagnostic Medtech Company, sponsored by Penningtons Manches
Oxford Cancer Biomarkers
Owlstone Medical
Inivata
DNA Electronics
5 Best Imaging Medtech Company
Adaptix
Perspectum
Beamline Diagnostics
6 Best Innovative Medtech Company, sponsored by James Cowper Kreston
Medherant
NeoTherix
Tarilian Laser Technologies
Invizius
7 Best Implementation of Digital Technology for Healthcare
Medopad
OurPath
Umotif
Ieso Digital Health
8 Best Specialist CRO
Horizon Discovery
Diamond Pharma Services
Aptus Clinical
Precision for Medicine
9 Best Sector Support Organisation
UnitDX
Boyd Consultants
Alderley Park
10 Best Emerging Synthetic Biology Company, judged and sponsored by SynbiCITE
Evonetix
OxSyBio
Oxford Genetics
11 The BioSeed One to Watch Award, sponsored by Precision for Medicine
Pragma Therapeutics
CHAIN Biotech
MIP Diagnostics
MuMac
Please note: The winner of the 'Outstanding Achievement Award', and the ‘Special Recognition Award’, Kindly sponsored by MEPC will be announced on 11 October.