Winners of the 2023 CPHI Pharma Awards Announced

On Oct. 25, 2023, the winners of the 2023 CPHI Pharma Awards were announced at the CPHI Barcelona event. The awards are given out for outstanding achievements and contributions to the pharma industry in 12 categories. This year’s winners include:

• CEO of Procos, Enrico Zodio, won CEO of the Year as recognition for the company’s development and growth, which exceeds €200 million and includes capacity to further increase production.

• Snapdragon Chemistry (a Cambrex company) topped the API Development & Innovation category for its ultra-high temperature (>300 °C) continuous flow manufacturing process for racemization of sotorsib (LUMAKRASTM) P-dione, which harnessed greener technology that resulted in a 58% reduction of process mass intensity.
• Lubrizol Life Science Health took home the prize in the Finished Formulation category for its solubility-enhancing excipient designed for parenteral use. Apisolex is a poly(amino acid)-based excipient that provides formulators with methods to enhance the solubility of hydrophobic BCS Class II and IV APIs, by up to 50,000-fold.
• The Manufacturing Excellence category went to Luminary Therapeutics for its manufacturing platform, Gamma Delta 2.0+, that brings allogeneic cell therapies to market for less than 10,000 without sacrificing function.
• Gasporox took the honors in the Packaging & Machinery section for its AutoMAP Pharma gas measurement system for high or low concentrations of O2 in modified atmosphere packaging.
• Catalent won the Supply Chain Excellence category for its Case Management Services, which provides end-to-end supply chain management for autologous and allogeneic cell and gene therapies.
• The Regulatory Compliance category went to Lambda Therapeutic Research for their EDC solution that enhances research and data management. The software suite, including IMPTrack, KnowledgeNET, and Biolyte, enables real-time, accurate data capture through advanced functionalities like barcode scanning and retina-based verification. It also manages and retrieves study-related data to improve compliance with regulatory guidelines.
• Medicsen took the Drug Delivery & Device Innovation category for its SMARTPATCH. The wearable patch uses ultrasounds to deliver drugs subcutaneously and combines the main benefits of current patch pumps with the upside of eliminating invasive and painful components.
• The Accelerating Innovation category went to React4Life’s MIVO (Multi In Vitro Organ), a patented organ-on-a-chip that can host and culture 3D human biological cells or tissues under fluid dynamic conditions as in vivo.
• Schneider Electric won the Sustainability category for its Energize program. The program leverages the scale of the global supply chain in a pre-competitive fashion to drive system-level change.
• The new Start-Up Initiative category went to InSyBio for its ability to revolutionize the medical field, clinical trials, and food/nutrition industries through its targeted biomarker discovery. The company’s highly accurate predictive analytics enables personalization of tests for drugs, nutraceuticals, and nutrition products.
• The ‘Heart of Pharma’ award, also new this year, went to Merck KGaA for its Embracing Carers initiative that recognizes the role of family carers.

“CPHI aims to position itself at the ‘heart of pharma’ by creating an environment where everyone in our industry can come together to exchange ideas and build productive new alliances for the ultimate benefit of patients. I whole-heartedly congratulate all winners of this 20th edition of the CPHI Pharma Awards. Those committed to driving innovation across the key disciplines that shape the success of our industry. I’d also like to thank all those who submitted an entry this year, and the members of our jury who so diligently reviewed them,” commented Tara Dougal, Content Director–Pharma at Informa Markets, in a press release.

Source: CPHI Content Team