2023 European Lifestars Awards Winners
We're excited to announce the winners for the European Lifestars Awards Winners!
View the full list of 2023 winners below.
Seed Raise of the Year
Winner: ARTBIO
2nd: Anavo Therapeutics
3rd: Nuage Therapeutics
Series A Raise of the Year
Winner: Complement Therapeutics
2nd: Tagworks Pharma
3rd: ADCendo
Series B Raise of the Year
Winner: Hemab
2nd: Greywolf Therapeutics
3rd: Noema Pharma
Late Venture Round / Series C+ Raise of the Year
Winner: Apollo Therapeutics
2nd: Amolyt Pharma
3rd: Alentis Pharma and Minervax
IPO / Listing of the Year
Winner: NewAmsterdam Pharma
2nd: Oculis Pharma
3rd: Zura Bio
Post-IPO Raise of the Year
Winner: Bicycle Therapeutics
2nd: Pharvaris
3rd: Mithra Pharmaceuticals
VC Firm of the Year
Winner: Forbion
2nd: Sofinnova Partners
3rd: BioGeneration Ventures
Deal of the Year (<€500m)
Winner: Ariceum Therapeutics and UCB
2nd: Medetia and Ipsen
3rd: ProQR and Lilly
Deal of the Year (>€500m)
Winner: Quell Therapeutics and AstraZeneca
2nd: Confo Therapeutics and Lilly
3rd: Nanobotix and Janssen
M&A of the Year
Joint Winners: GSK and Bellus Health
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Novartis and Chinook Therapeutics
2nd: Ipsen and Albireo Pharma
3rd: Novo Nordisk and Inversago Pharma
Pharma BD Team of the Year
Winner: Novo Nordisk
2nd: GSK AND Merck KgaA
3rd: UCB
Biotech of the Year
Winner: Amolyt Pharma
2nd: NewAmsterdam Pharma
3rd: Synaffix
Medtech of the Year
Winner: Corwave
2nd: Mainz Biomed
3rd: Sequana Medical
Healthtech of the Year
Winner: Seqera Labs
2nd: Gleamer
3rd: Brainomix
Women-Led Business of the Year
Winner: Renee Aguiar-Lucander, CEO, Calliditas Therapeutics
2nd: Theo Harold, CEO, Crescendo Biologics
3rd: Anne Kristin Heninger, CEO, Seamless Tx
Private CEO of the Year
Winner: Cedric Ververken, CEO, Confo Therapeutics
2nd: Robert Johnson, former CEO of Adrestia Pharma
3rd: Dominik Schumacher, CEO, Tubulis
Public CEO of the Year
Winner: Gunilla Osswald, CEO, BioArctic
2nd: Michael Davidson, CEO, NewAmsterdam Pharma
3rd: Harren Jhoti, CEO, Astex Pharmaceuticals