UK BIOENTREPRENEURIAL COMPANY OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2007

Regional Nominating Bodies

Applications Closed Ken Larkin, East Midlands Development Agency

Linda Magee, BioNoW

Mike Hartley, CELS

Applications Closed

Chris Davies, International Business Wales

Iain Miller, InvestNI

MediLink WM

London Biotechnology Network

Applications Closed

Claudia Triquart, Scottish Development International

David Parry, South East Healthcare Technologies Alliance

Applications Closed

Award Winners Announced

UK Trade & Investment has announced the winners of the 2007 UK BioEntrepreneurial Company of the Year Awards which recognise innovation and entrepreneurship in the biotechnology industry. Click for more...

The awards ceremony showcased the best of bio in Britain. It was attended by more than 180 industry leaders and more than 20 companies were nominated for the awards. View the UK Trade & Investment announcement

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images from the 2007 Awards Ceremony

The UK Trade & Investment BioEntrepreneurial Company of the Year Awards 2007 took place at Lancaster House, London, on 4th July from 12.00 - 8.15pm. Now in its second year, the Awards competition showcased UK biotechnology and provided a networking opportunity to find out how UK Trade & Investment can assist the growth of your company.

This year, UK Trade & Investment focused on regional strengths in bioscience through two Awards:

  • The UK Innovation in Drug Discovery and Development Award recognises the contribution a company makes to the UK's dominant position in the development of innovative new medicines
  • The UK Innovation in Enabling Biotechnology Award recognises the role research plays in developing technologies that facilitate drug discovery and development

A third Award, The UK Special Award, recognises those companies who have made sales in a new territory with the help and assistance of their regional international trade advisors, or devolved regional support organisation.

Event Guide 2007

Download UK Trade & Investment's
brochure of the 2007 Bioentrepreneur Awards (3.7Mb)
Who Nominated the Companies?
Competitors for the two regional Awards were nominated by their regional representative body, UK Trade & Investment International Trade Advisor or devolved regional body.

What happened at the Awards?
For the 2007 Awards Ceremony, the stakes were raised by the introduction of an 'Elevator Pitch' round. Nominated companies each presented a 90-second pitch to a judging panel of highly experienced biotech and pharma individuals, chaired by Dr Ian Gibson, MP, who were charged with deciding which three companies go through to the semi-finals for each Award. Winners were decided in a final round of 10 minute presentations. See the Event Programme for details.

One of the highlights of the day was the presentation of the UK Trade & Investment Outstanding Achievement Award to Peter Chambre, the former CEO of Cambridge Antibody Technology who was responsible for the company in the years preceding its much-publicised acquisition by AstraZeneca.

What are the Benefits?
Nominated companies competed for a National Award, endorsed by HM Government. They presented to, and networked with, an audience of executives from biotech, global pharma and venture fund management. UK Trade & Investment representatives were present to make contact and provide assistance to lifescience companies to break into new markets. All nominated companies have an entry in the Awards Brochure and the competition, including the winners, will be given extensive publicity through Scrip.

If you have any enquiries, please email the BioAwards Team at BioPartner or call +44 (0)1865 784737

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UK Trade & Investment is the Government organisation that supports companies in the UK doing business internationally and overseas enterprises seeking to locate in the UK. This project is managed on behalf of UK Trade & Investment by International partnering for UK Bioscience