OBN Awards finalists announced and includes Alderley Park in new category

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.

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.