2023 European Lifestars Awards Winners
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