CPHI Milan Announces 2024 CPHI Pharma Award Finalists

On Sept. 6, 2024, CPHI Milan announced the finalists for the 2024 CPHI Pharma Awards. The ceremony will be held on the event’s opening evening at the CPHI Celebration. CPHI Milan will run October 8–10, 2024.

A key feature of the CPHI Celebration, the awards ceremony spans 14 categories and celebrates excellence and innovation in the pharmaceutical industry. The 2024 awards highlight two new categories: a new "Woman of the Year" award and a new "Future Leader" award.

The Woman of the Year award honors women leaders who inspire colleagues, champion diversity and inclusion, and advocate for industry progression. Nominees are evaluated based on leadership ability, collaboration skills, and ability to create opportunities for women while challenging the status quo. The Future Leader award recognizes rising stars who are under 35 years of age and who have at least five years of experience in pharma, biopharma, or academic institutions. The award commends those who bring fresh perspectives to the table, manage teams effectively, and introduce innovative ideas. The winners of this award are marked as the future leaders who are anticipated to shape the pharmaceutical industry with dedication and vision.

The shortlist for this year’s awards includes the following:

Accelerating Innovation

• ProPharma Group/PBL for the Cell Factory Box (CF Box)
• Haemopharm Healthcare s.r.l for RIGENERA, an innovative tissue regenerating technology
• Akums Drugs and Pharmaceuticals for hydroxyurea oral suspension, the first room temperature-stable drug, according to CPHI’s press release
• React4life S.p.A. for MIVO Gut-Skin Axis
• Merck/Millipore Sigma for the Benzonase Salt Tolerant endonuclease and Emprove Expert raw and starting materials chemical portfolio

• AustinPx for its KinetiSol Technology, used for improving bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs
• Thermo Fisher Scientific for the RoSS.FILL CGT, a fully automated filling and filtration system that enables automated aliquoting of small volumes at highest accuracy with single-use support
• Blynksolve for the Blynksolve Digital Knowledge Twin, which leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate clinical trials for large pharma
• Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its Pharmaceutical Industrial Strategy Acceleration Process.

API Development and Innovation

• Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories for its development of a drug substance process using flow chemistry and design of a continuous manufacturing plant
• Teva api for the Ozonolysis in Flow, a green and safe alternative to heavy metal-catalyzed cleavage of the carbon–carbon double bond on an industrial scale
• LEON and Team Consulting for the NANOme Benchtop system, used for personalized therapies
• Enzymaster for (S)-4-phenyl-oxazolidinone
• Lonza for the Lonza AI-Enabled Route Scouting Service.

Finished Formulation

• Laboratorios Salvat, S.A for SVT-15473
• Thermo Fisher Scientific for its efforts in revolutionizing vaccine logistics, shelf-life, and wastage with fridge-free innovation
• PharmExtracta S.p.A. for Crispact
• Unistraw Corp. for the UniLayer Straw Delivery System
• Lonza for Capsugel Enprotect Size 9 capsule for pre-clinical studies
• Dr.Ferrer Biopharma for ClorNovir
• Lubrizol Life Science Health (LLS Health) for Apinovex Polymers, used for enhancing oral solubility.

Manufacturing Excellence

• Axom Solution SA for its Automated Visual Inspection Station
• FABRX for its Revolutionising Care for Children: Personalized 3D Printed Medicines
• Teva api for its Advanced AI Optimization for API Production
• COMSER for LyoFlow
• RheaVita for the RheaLyo GMP-Flex continuous freeze-dryer
• BD—Becton Dickinson for the BD iDFill
• Catalent Cell & Gene Therapy for the UpTempo CAR-T Cell Therapy Platform Process.

Drug Delivery and Device Innovation

• Unistraw Corp. for the UniLayer Straw Delivery System
• Azelis Group NV, for its novel bioadhesive oral fluid gel spray
• Adare Pharma Solutions for its sprinkle formulation of a drug capsule used for treating tremors and other uncontrolled body movements
• Aptar Pharma and Haleon for Otrivin Nasal Mist, a first next-generation nasal congestion device transforming experience, adherence, and effectiveness
• ApiJect Syestems for its Prefilled ApiJect Injector
• Capa Valve Ltd for Capa Valve.

Packaging and Machinery

• CurTec International for CurTec Fold Pack Pails
• IGB srl for TECOBOX
• RENOGROUP for AM.ECO BY RENOGROUP
• Colorcon for EQIUS Equilibrium RH Stabilizers
• WestRock for the Cere Screen Digital Display Label
• Esmark Finch for the Digital Carton Workflow for pharmaceutical cartons.

Supply Chain Excellence

• TraceLink for its Multienterprise Information Network Tower(MINT)
• QYOBO GmbH for a new age of supply chain visibility and resilience
• HCLTech for the HCLTech Smart Material Tracking Solution
• Authena AG for Authena L1VE
• I.E. Medica Inc. for E-Z Philippine Importation.

Sustainability

• Heraeus Precious Metals for Circlear
• CCT EcoFlex Cold Chain Technologies
• Nordic Bioproducts Group Ltd for Pioneering Sustainable Microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC) Production, a first-of-its-kind production facility powered by patented AaltoCell technology in Lappeenranta, Finland
• Rotor Print for From Rigid Packaging to Flexible Packaging
• Unistraw Corp. for the UniLayer Straw Delivery System
• Berry Global for its Clarified PP VMS kit
• PharmaBlock Sciences for Innovation for Sustainability: Pioneering Low-carbon Manufacturing with Continuous Flow Chemistry Technology
• Evonik Industries AG for its PhytoSquene plant-based squalene for parenteral applications.

Regulatory and Compliance

• RTIXIO LIFESCIENCES PVT LTD for Dvarka, a regulatory driven, AI, and automation-assisted platform for emerging market access and compliance
• Eidolon Learning Pvt Ltd for SEEK, an AI-driven tool for reducing human error
• ProPharma Group for Prodigy, an end-to-end technology-enabled consulting platform
• ASPHALION, S.L. for its Regulatory, Scientific & Safety Consulting in Life Sciences service
• Esteve Quimica for the Volta Project: who said impossible?

CEO of the Year

• Chanelle McCoy, Chanelle McCoy Health
• Vijay Ambati, Founder and CEO, Clearsynth
• Pete O’Heeron, FibroBiologics
• Deepak Bahri, Sentiss Pharma
• Guy Clark, CNX Therapeutics.

Start-up Initiative

• COCOON BIOSCIENCE
• myotwin
• Nebu-Flow Nebuliser Platform by Acu-Flow Limited (t/a Nebu-Flow)
• Axom Solutions SA
• ORYL Screener by ORYL Photonics
• Galvita TIP, a new standard of oral drug delivery by Galvita AG.

At the Heart of Pharma

• Cipla Limited for Drone Powered Delivery for Critical Patient Care
• Medicines Patent Pool
• Nelipak Laboratory Services
• Honey Farm, ICAS Employee Support; Deniz Kayadalen Brand Ambassador, Woodland Trust, Adalvo
• Fox Chase Cancer Center and West Pharmaceutical Services, West Pharmaceutical Services.

Women of the Year

• Sigma Mostafa, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, KBI Biopharma
• Almuth Steinkühler, PhD, Chief Financial Officer, SCHOTT Pharma AG & Co. KGaA
• Julia Tsetis, President and CEO, OFET group of pharmaceutical companies
• Audrey Butler, Vice President, Global Operational Excellence, Adare Pharma Solutions
• Neeti Pant, Managing Director & Co-Founder, DDReg Pharma Pvt Ltd
• Bernadette Sweeney, Director R&T, Lonza
• Joyce Fitzharris, Head of Small Molecule, Europe, SK pharmteco.

Future Leader

• Jodie Winder, Senior Process Engineer, TriRx Pharmaceutical Services
• Morgan Rex, Senior Quality Enginerr, ApiJect Systems
• Megan Smyth, Senior Team Leader & UKRI Future Leaders, and Fellow, Craigavon, Almac Sciences
• Nagarjun Chakilam, Director, Maithri Drugs Pvt Ltd
• Paulo Rodriguez, Senior Director, Business Development, Adalvo.

For the full list of award finalists, visit www.cphi.com.

Source: CPHI