CPHI Celebration
The CPHI Pharma Awards
What to expect
Recognising excellence & innovation in Pharma
The CPHI Pharma Awards celebrate the forefront of innovation, excellence, and collaboration in the pharmaceutical industry. These prestigious awards honour the pioneers and trailblazers driving advancements in drug development, revolutionising manufacturing processes, championing sustainability, and shaping the future of pharma on a global scale.
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2026 winners

API Development
Modag
Combined platform for neurodegeneration: PD DETECT® and Emrusolmin

Digital Transformation
Evonik
Evonik Self Driving Labs

Drug Delivery, Devices, and Packaging Innovation
ForgeStop
ForgeStop × EM Microelectronic — Secure Connected Packaging for Pharmaceutical Track-and-Trace and Authentication

Excellence with Purpose
Medical and Pharmaceutical Industry Development Agency, Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan
Making Medicines Affordable in Uzbekistan: Reference Pricing, Digital Monitoring and Public Access

Finished Formulation
SeraNovo
NanoGlass™, a formulation platform for oral BCS IV and bRo5 drugs

Innovation Catalyst
Touchlight
Touchlight’s cell-free Doggybone™ DNA (dbDNA™) platform

Manufacturing Excellence
Anemocyte
AMCAP: Evolving the enzymatic mRNA manufacturing

Supply Chain Excellence
Almac Clinical Services
Zero Margin for Error: Supply Chain Excellence in Ultra-Rare Gene Therapy with Almac Adapt™

Sustainable Pharma Excellence
Celtic Renewables
Leading the green chemical revolution

True Partnership Excellence
Aurigene Pharmaceutical Services
Zoliflodacin End-to-End Multiparty Partnership

Start-up Initiative
Primogene
Primogene – Cell-Free Enzymatic Biomanufacturing Platform

Sustainable Transformation Partnership
AstraZeneca
Further Together: Partnering for Systemic Change

Future Leader
Pauline van der Wijst - Janssen
DFE Pharma

Woman of the Year
Emma Charles
Bristol Myers Squibb

CEO of the Year
Anil Okay
Adalvo
2026 Judging Panel
The CPHI Pharma Awards prides itself on its judging panel. These independent industry experts from around the world have been specially chosen for their knowledge, credentials and objectivity.

Anil Kane
Global Head of Technical & Scientific Affairs
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Anita Vasilevska
Global Technical Marketing Manager
IMCD Group

Anne Dhulesia
Partner
L.E.K. Consulting

Bikash Chatterjee
President & CSO
Pharmatech

Carly Santer
Founder
Future Delta

Claudia Palme
Senior Advisor and Independent Board Director
55east LLCC

Dave Malenfant
Supply Chain Expert and Founder
MDM Consulting

Demetria Johnson
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Talent Expert
Independent Consultant

Edgar Pogna
Director
L.E.K. Consulting GmbH

Edward Cupler
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center

Enric Bosch Rado
Third party manager Chemical/API
Boeringer Ingelheim España S.A

Evonne Brennan
Pharmaceutical Consultant
Evonne Brennan Consulting

Harsh Chauhan
Director
Alltrna

Loic Bishop
Global Change Facilitator
BioPhorum

Michael Nieuwesteeg
Managing Director
NVC Packaging Centre

Mihaela Militaru
Senior Director, Patient Insights and Advocacy, Oncology
Merck KGaA

Orlaith Ryan
Co-Founder/CTO
Shorla Oncology

Dr Pascale Gauthier
Pharmacist, PhD, Charge of Courses Lecturer
Auvergne University

Peylina Chu
Steering Committee Chair
CPHI Sustainability Collective

Philip Broadwith
Business editor
Chemistry World

Pushpa Vijayaraghavan
Director & Practice Lead - Healthcare
Sathguru Management Consultants

Sanobar Syed
Executive Director
Boehringer Ingelheim

Sudarshan Jain
Secretary General
Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance

Thomas Kern
Managing Director
ISP Healthcare

Verena Ahnert
Partner
L.E.K. Consulting GmbH

Vincent Galand
Adjunct Professor
Pharmaceutical Innovation & Deeptech Entrepreneurship

Wayne Weiner
President
Pharmatech Solutions LLC
Excellence in Pharma 2024

Supply Chain Excellence
QYOBO GmbH
A new Age of Supply Chain Visibility and Resilience

Manufacturing Excellence
RheaVita
RheaLyo™️ GMP-Flex Continuous Freeze-dryer

Accelerating Innovation
AustinPx
KinetiSol(™) Technology

Finished Formulation
Unistraw Corp
The UniLayer Straw Delivery System

CEO of the Year
CNX Therapeutics
Guy Clark

At the Heart of Pharma
West Pharmaceutical Services
Fox Chase Cancer Center and West Pharmaceutical Services

Packaging and Machinery
Smurfit WestRock
Cere®Screen Digital Display Label

Start-Up Initiative
Acu-Flow limited (t/a Nebu~Flow)
Nebu~Flow Nebuliser Platform

Regulatory and Compliance
ProPharma Group
Prodigy

Drug Delivery and Device Innovation
Adare Pharma Solutions
Sprinkle Formulation of a Drug Capsule for Treatment of Tremors

Sustainability
Evonik Industries AG
PhytoSquene® Plant-based Squalene for Parenteral Applications

Woman of the Year
Ofet Group of Pharmaceutical Companies
Julia Tsetis

Future Leader
Almac Sciences
Megan Smyth

API Development and Innovation
Lonza
Lonza AI-Enabled Route Scouting Service
