CPhI Worldwide Opens Entries for 15th Annual Pharma Awards

CPhI Worldwide has announced the opening of the 2018 CPhI Pharma Awards for entries. The awards will be presented in 17 categories honouring companies and individuals driving the pharmaceutical industry forward through innovations, technologies, and strategies.

The awards will recognise ‘Excellence in Pharma’ in 17 categories: API Development; Formulation; Excipients; Manufacturing Technology and Equipment; Bioprocessing and Manufacturing; Analysis, Testing, and Quality Control; Drug Delivery Devices; Packaging; Supply Chain, Logistics, and Distribution; Contract Services and Outsourcing; Regulatory Procedures and Compliance; Corporate Social Responsibility; CEO of the Year; Pharma Company of the Year; OTC; Patient Centricity; and IT, mHealth & Digitalisation.

Last year, the awards received a record number of over 200 applications, and CPhI Worldwide is expecting greater interest in 2018. Amongst 2017’s most hotly contested categories were API Development, Product Packaging and Drug Delivery and Devices categories, which each received over 20 high-quality entries.

Winners of the CEO of the Year award feature a ‘who’s who’ of executives: Mr. Vivek Sharma, CEO, Piramal (2015); Mr. Udit Batra, CEO, Merck (2016), and Dr. Richard Chin, founder & CEO of Kindred Biosciences (2017).

Deadline for submitting entries is July 31, 2018, and the winners will be unveiled on October 9 during the evening of the first day of CPhI Worldwide in Madrid.