Celebrating Success,
and Resetting for the Future

1. Biopharma Leader of the Year
   This recognition will be given to an executive who has exhibited exemplary leadership over the course of the previous business year as a recognition of their professional excellence and yeoman contribution to the Biopharma industry. The weight of their achievements, influence, and thought leadership will help determine the recipient of this prestigious award.
2. Biopharma Company of the Year – Large-scale
   This recognition will be given to a large-scale Biopharma company (defined as any company with more than 250 employees) that has demonstrated significant business growth, notched outstanding achievements, and created societal impact through its innovative solutions.
3. Biopharma Company of the Year – SME
   This recognition will be given to a Biopharma SME (defined as any company with less than 250 employees) that has put forth a demonstrable degree of innovation and commercial potential over the preceding business year.
4. Biopharma Project of the Year – Large-scale
   This recognition will be bestowed upon an outstanding large-scale Biopharma project, categorised as one with a budget of over INR 4 crore. Myriad factors will be taken into consideration, such as unique processes that are a part of the project, key innovations that differentiate it, expertise in project execution, and more.
5. Biopharma Project of the Year – SME
   This recognition will be bestowed upon an outstanding Biopharma project by an SME, categorised as a project with a budget of less than INR 4 crore. Myriad factors will be taken into consideration, such as deployment of state-of-the-art innovations, streamlining costs while delivering high-quality outcomes, and excellence in project delivery.
6. Emerging Brand of the Year
   This recognition will be given to a Biopharma company in the ascendancy that has notched impressive growth and revenue numbers over the preceding business year, and consistently showcased standout delivery and execution.
7. Excellence in R&D
   This recognition will be accorded to organisations working on the development of innovative solutions, products, tools, or technology developments that help realise significant and measurable outcomes. The societal and commercial impact of this development will be gauged as well.
8. Champion of Equitable Health
   The recipient of this recognition will be one that has tirelessly driven measures that ensure equitable delivery and access to healthcare across all strata of society, from the grassroots up. They will have shown measurable steps taken to surmount barriers while driving equitable health outcomes.
9. Beacon of Inclusivity in Trials
   The recipient of this recognition will have excelled in executing clinical trials across a diverse array of patients and demographics. By dismantling participation barriers and building inclusivity into trial design and execution strategies, they will have served to quantifiably reshape the nature of clinical trials.
10. Breakthrough Digital Patient Engagement
    Through progressive patient outreach and engagement built on a digital-first philosophy, the recipient of this recognition will have quantifiably exemplified outstanding management and resolution of critical patient pain points, thereby creating a positive outcome.
11. Most Valuable Collaboration
    The recipient of this recognition will have created value through outstanding collaborative efforts. Their joint value proposition will have embraced the unique qualities each partner brings to the table and taken a participative approach to create considerable impact and exponentially improve Biopharma systems.
12. Breakthrough Innovation of the Year
    Through the deployment of innovative technologies, tools, devices, services, initiatives, methods, or more, that resolve technical or practical problems, the recipient of this recognition has delivered notable value and addressed unmet needs.
13. Demonstrable Operational Excellence Award
    This recognition will be bestowed upon an organisation that leveraged operational excellence to deliver optimal efficiency and results.
14. Most Insightful Data Initiative Award
    By harnessing data, analytics, informatics, or new data standards to arrive at insights, the recipient of this recognition has arrived at hitherto undiscovered, but ingenious, ways to create tangible new growth avenues. Their canniness has opened up new possibilities for all.
15. Inspiring Health Entrepreneur Award
    Thanks to the originality of their idea, product, or service on offer, the recipient of this recognition has uncovered new ways to benefit multiple end use cases. The societal and/or commercial impact of their innovative initiative has seen them be lauded.
16. Sentinels of Health & Safety
    By epitomising the best practices across health and safety, and quantifiably demonstrating a staunch compliance to standards in addition to improvements over the preceding business year, the recipient of this recognition has helped essay a substantial, positive change.
17. Robust Supply Chain Award
    This recognition is bestowed upon an organisation that has executed a robust and secure supply chain and logistics strategy that is future-ready and shockproof.
18. Sustainability Champion or Smart Sustainability Initiative Award
    By championing initiatives that put the well-being of the environment or community front and centre, the recipient of this recognition has put their organisation at the vanguard of sustainability.
19. Corporate Social Responsibility Champion or Excellence in CSR
    By keeping the greater good at the forefront of all they do, the CSR Champion has been recognised for their stellar contribution to the community at large. By actively engaging the community in a variety of projects, the recipient has earned their special recognition.
20. Exemplary COVID-19 Crisis Response
    This recognition has been accorded to a recipient that has demonstrated outstanding excellence, effectiveness, and agility in rolling out services, solutions, and resources that supported those most affected by the pandemic.
21. Outstanding Vaccine Pipeline
    With R&D at its heart, the recipient of this recognition boasts a high-quality, innovative pipeline of vaccines that promises to be transformative for industry and society.
22. Lifetime Achievement
    The worthy recipient of this recognition will have accrued a formidable and consistent track record of success over the course of a distinguished career. Their excellence serves to inspire others.

Other Categories

1. Memorable Communication Campaign of the Year
   The recipient of this recognition has struck a chord thanks to a memorable campaign released over the course of the preceding business year. This has served to fortify their brand proposition and image amongst the industry and its customer base, besides augmenting sales and brand recall.
2. Most Promising Advancement in Cell and Gene Therapy
   The extensive expertise and disruptive approach taken by the recipient of this recognition has ensured that it will impact the manner in which we approach healthcare in the next several years. Their advanced medical breakthroughs in the field of Cell and Gene Therapy hold much promise.
3. Excellence in Digital Transformation
   The manner in which the recipient of this recognition has rapidly pivoted and transformed the nature of their operations makes them a worthy winner.
4. Best Clinical Research Company
   This recognition honours its recipient for their astonishing clinical and translational research, which harnesses the power and potential of science and clinical rigour to benefit the world at large, and generations to come.