2026 Shortlist

Announcing the Finalists for the 2026 Pharma Industry Awards UK We're delighted to reveal this year's shortlist. Winners will be announced at the Awards Gala on 23 September 2026 at the Park Plaza London Riverbank.

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Pharma Contract Services Company of the Year
Pharma Contract Services Company of the Year - Small
Pharma Company of the Year
Biotech Company of the Year
Pharma Supplier of the Year
Pharma Project of the Year
Innovation of the Year - Large
Innovation of the Year - Medium

Innovation of the Year - Small
Health and Safety Award
Sustainability Initiative of the Year
Corporate Social Responsibility Programme of the Year
Pharma Education and Graduate Training Award
Best Use of Technology Award
Partnership and Collaboration of the Year
Women in Pharma Award

Best Patient-Centric Initiative
Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Strategy Award
Best Emerging Pharma/Supplier Company/Start Up
Pharma AI & Data Analytics Innovation Award
Research and Development Achievement Award
Platform Technology of the Year
Quality Assurance and Control Award

Pharma Industry Company of the Year

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Pharma Leader 2026

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Pharma Contract Services Company of the Year

FINALISTS

Bespak

o2h discovery pvt ltd

Rephine

Upperton Pharma Solutions

Pharma Contract Services Company of the Year - Small

FINALISTS

Cellomatics Biosciences Limited

Eramol

Orion GXP Consulting

Paradigm Shift Consulting

PHARMALANE UK

Pharma Company of the Year

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FINALISTS

CNX Therapeutics

Ipsen Biopharm Ltd

L.D.Collins & Co. Ltd

Upperton Pharma Solutions

Biotech Company of the Year

SPONSORED BY

FINALISTS

Autolus Therapeutics Limited

Celtic Renewables

Greywolf Therapeutics

Scancell

Pharma Supplier of the Year

FINALISTS

Circuit Medical

PHARMALANE UK

ProPharma

Pharma Project of the Year

FINALISTS

Commercial-scale Filling of pMDIs with HFO-1234ze(E)

Bespak

Unlocking Freeze Drying Capacity

Ipsen BioPharm Ltd

Enhancing the Severe Asthma Service in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board

Sanofi

Sanofi – COPD Health Inequalities Improvement Programme in Hastings Place

Sanofi

Annex 1 Aligned Sterile Facility

Upperton Pharma Solutions

Innovation of the Year - Large

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FINALISTS

AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca

Aseptic Behaviour Monitoring

AstraZeneca

Transforming Complexity into Clarity: OMP Innovation

AstraZeneca Macclesfield

Autolus Therapeutics

Autolus Therapeutics Limited

MaruX™: Making Continuous Biomanufacturing Commercially Practical

Fujifilm Biotechnologies

Transforming Right First Time Through Predictive Small-Scale Modelling

Ipsen BioPharm Ltd

Innovation of the Year - Medium

FINALISTS

Synapse

Bioscript Group

RepTwin

Doceree

Cleancube Maxi 7 NHS Aseptic Pharmacy

Guardtech Cleanrooms

NIOX PRO®

NIOX®

Advancement of the OGAP® Verify Platform

Oxford BioTherapeutics

Vēro One

Peli BioThermal

SkyCell 6500X Hybrid Container

SkyCell

Innovation of the Year - Small

FINALISTS

the pop-up cardboard inhaler

1nhaler

Cellomatics Biosciences

Cellomatics Biosciences Limited

Low-Loss Sterile Manufacturing Platform

Eramol

Flow Health Science – Klario®: Advanced Fuel for Hypos

Flow Health Science

LXD231: Light-Activated Infection Control for Battlefield Wounds

LightOx Ltd.

Health and Safety Award

FINALISTS

Night Club

AstraZeneca Macclesfield

Safety Lens

Equans Sci-Tech

Transitioning from Compliance to Culture

Etyhypharm

Sustainability Initiative of the Year

FINALISTS

Where Climate Action Meets Patient Impact

AstraZeneca Macclesfield

Spearheading Decarbonisation in the Inhalation Industry

Bespak

Science-Led, People-Driven

Bristol Myers Squibb Moreton

Ipsen BioPharm – Zero Interruptions, Record-Low Waste

Ipsen BioPharm Ltd

Transforming Global Clinical Trial Supplies

IQVIA Laboratories

Solving the Unsolvable

Peli BioThermal

Validaide CO₂ Insights

SkyCell

Corporate Social Responsibility Programme of the Year

FINALISTS

From Access to Aspiration

Ipsen BioPharm

The UK GDP Association C.I.C.

Paradigm Shift Consulting

Upperton Pharma Solutions

Upperton Pharma Solutions

Pharma Education and Graduate Training Award

FINALISTS

Early Talent Programme

AbbVie Ltd

Buttercups Training – Launch of the Pharmacy-Specific Level 6 Enhanced Clinical Practitioner Apprenticeship

Buttercups Training

Compliance Angels

Compliance Angels Ltd

Specialist Learning and Development Programme

Equans Sci-Tech

Centre of Excellence in Bioprocessing (CEB)

Fujifilm Biotechnologies

Developing Industry-Ready Microbiology Talent

Pharmig

Trainee QP Assessment Centres

QPQuandary Ltd

Dermatology Decode

Sanofi

Best Use of Technology Award

FINALISTS

Qualification and Implementation of an Ultraviolet Autonomous Robot

AstraZeneca

Modernising Bio-decontamination with Novel Enzyme Indicator Technology

AstraZeneca Macclesfield

RepTwin

Doceree

IXI Platform

IXICO PLC

Turning Conversations into Commercial Intelligence

LEO Pharma UK

NunaSynth® DNA Platform

NunaBio Ltd

SygDesign

Sygnature Discovery

Partnership and Collaboration of the Year

FINALISTS

Next Gen Knee Sleeve Transforms Pain Relief

PHARMExcel

‘World-first’ Vaccine Designed by AI

PHARMExcel

Sanofi – COPD Health Inequalities Improvement Programme in Hastings Place

Sanofi

Sanofi and Leicester – COPD Pathway Review in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

Sanofi

Cross System Strategic COPD Collaboration

Sanofi

Women in Pharma Award

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FINALISTS

Kamya Elawadhi

Doceree

Daveena Jassar

Orion GXP Consulting

Karen Adams

Peli BioThermal

Best Patient-Centric Initiative

FINALISTS

Transforming Obesity Care Through Immersive Patient Experiences

A Life in a Day

iQ Doctor

iQ Doctor

Senior Haematology Integrated Care Service (SHINE)

Roche Products Limited

Barts MS Service Review

Sanofi

Enhancing the Severe Asthma Service in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board

Sanofi

Great Ormond Street Hospital Dermatology Biologics Partnership

Sanofi

Sanofi – COPD Health Inequalities Improvement Programme in Hastings Place

Sanofi

Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Strategy Award

FINALISTS

It All Starts With People

Fujifilm Biotechnologies UK

Paradigm Shift Consulting

Paradigm Shift Consulting

Best Emerging Pharma/Supplier Company/Start Up

FINALISTS

Emerging Stronger in Regulated Storage

Astoriom

Flow Health Science – Establishing Advanced Nutrition as a New Category in Healthcare

Flow Health Science

Transforming Regulatory Expertise into Patient Impact

Orion GXP Consulting

Pioneering Therapies for Severe Leukodystrophies

SynaptixBio

Pharma AI & Data Analytics Innovation Award

FINALISTS

Using AI & Analytics to Transform Pharmaceutical Artwork Operations

AstraZeneca Macclesfield

CHETAH

CatSci Ltd

SygDesign

Sygnature Discovery

Research and Development Achievement Award

SPONSORED BY

FINALISTS

pre|CISION®

Avacta Group plc

CHETAH

CatSci Ltd

Mast Group

MAST GROUP LTD

Platform Technology of the Year

FINALISTS

Livingstone

Human Data Sciences

HORIZON Platform

Micropore Technologies Ltd

Detection of Apoptosing Retinal Cells

Novai

NunaSynth® DNA Platform

NunaBio Ltd

OBT's Proprietary Proteomics Based Target Discovery Platform

Oxford BioTherapeutics

Quality Assurance and Control Award

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FINALISTS

Delivering Patient-Focused Quality

AstraZeneca Macclesfield

External Quality Assessment in genomics

EMQN

QC Transformation at Wrexham

Ipsen BioPharm Ltd

Embedding Quality at Every Stage

Upperton Pharma Solutions