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

Pharma BD Team of the Year

This award recognises the business development team from a pharma or large cap biotech company that has excelled in sourcing, executing and delivering extraordinary and transformational deals that created significant value for consumers, company and shareholders.

Criteria & Judging

Qualifying criteria:

  • Open to all pharma companies and large cap large cap biotech companies with a market capitalisation that is €1bn or above.
  • Open to all business development teams or cross-company teams on a specific deal/project
  • Qualifying period between1 September 2024 and 1 August 2025

Judges will be paying particular attention to:

  • Quality and volume of deals completed
  • Achievement of milestones and goals and the overcoming of obstacles
  • Uniqueness or novelty of deal strategies / terms and structure
  • Strength of team leadership and culture
  • How alignment across parties was achieved