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

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