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European Lifestars Awards

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6.30pm - Midnight | 17 November 2025
City Central @ Honourable Artillery CompanyLondon, UK
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2022 European Lifestars Awards Winners

Seed Raise of the Year

Winner: Astrivax

2nd: Relation Therapeutics
3rd: Home Biosciences

Series A Raise of the Year

Winner: SpliceBio

2nd: TargED Biopharmaceuticals
3rd: Resolution Therapeutics

Series B Raise of the Year

Winner: Precirix

2nd: Quell Therapeutics
3rd: OMass Therapeutics

Late Venture Round / Series C+ Raise of the Year

Winner: Kry

2nd: Limflow
3rd: Bioversys

IPO / Listing of the Year

Winner: Exscientia

2nd: ONWARD Medical
3rd: MaaT Pharma

Post-IPO Raise of the Year

Winner: Moonlake Therapeutics

2nd: Autolus Therapeutics
3rd: Sequana Medical

VC Firm of the Year

Winner: Sofinnova Partners

2nd: Forbion
3rd: EQT Partners and Syncona

Deal of the Year (<€500m)

Winner: Proxygen and Merck

2nd: GENFIT and Ipsen
3rd: Synaffix and Genmab

Deal of the Year (>€500m)

Winner: Amphista Therapeutics and Merck

2nd: NewAmsterdam Pharma and Menarini Group
3rd: Heidelberg Pharma and Huadong Medicine

M&A of the Year

Joint Winners: GSK and Sierra Oncology

2nd: Novo Nordisk and Forma Therapeutics
3rd: Forma Therapeutics and Epizyme

Pharma BD Team of the Year

Winner: Ipsen

2nd: Novo Nordisk
3rd: GSK

Biotech of the Year

Winner: Synaffix

2nd: Calliditas Therapeutics
3rd: Bicycle Therapeutics

Medtech of the Year

Winner: iStar Medical

2nd: Medical Microinstruments (MMI)
3rd: QuantumDx

Healthtech of the Year

Winner: Sidekick Health

2nd: Depixus
3rd: Brainomix

Black-Led Business Leader of the Year

Winner: Jesaja Brinkmann, Co-Founder & MD, Cara.Care

2nd:Jason Mellad, CEO & Co-Founder, Codon Health
3rd: Chantelle Bell, Co-Founder, Synrona Health

Women-Led Business of the Year

Winner: Mai-Britt Zocca, CEO, IO Biotech

2nd: Renee Aguiar-Lucander, CEO, Calliditas Therapeutics
3rd: Ros Deegan, CEO, OMass Therapeutics

Private CEO of the Year

Winner: Tim Knotnerus, CEO, Agomab

2nd: Theodora Harald, CEO, Crescendo Biologics
3rd: Michael Davidson, CEO, NewAmsterdam Pharma

Public CEO of the Year

Winner: Kevin Lee, CEO, Bicycle Therapeutics

2nd: Jan van der Winkel, CEO, Genmab
3rd: David Marver, CEO, ONWARD Medical