The finalists for the 2019 Awards for Regulatory Excellence were announced on 10 September at a reception at TOPRA’s headquarters in London.
The Awards, now in their 10th year, celebrate the achievement of individuals, teams and organisations in the wider regulatory affairs community. This year’s list of nominees was the Awards’ biggest, up 15% from the previous high, and included regulatory affairs professionals working in 19 countries.
The 2019 finalists by category are:
COMMUNICATION
- Global Regulatory Affairs, EU Regulatory Team, Primary Care Sanofi, France
- Martin Harvey Allchurch, Governance and Board Relations Manager – External Relations, Unitaid, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Will Drury, Senior Business Associate, Cyton Biosciences Ltd, the Netherlands
CONTRIBUTION
- Nishant Mahajan, Regulatory Affairs Manager, Clinical Development, Norgine Limited, UK
- Paul McCleverty, Senior Director, Regulatory Oncology Regional Head, Janssen, UK
- Sarah McFarlane, Regulatory Affairs Director, AstraZeneca, UK
- Sarah Roberts, Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs, PRA Health Sciences, UK
- Steve Lee, Senior Regulatory Policy Manager – IVD, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, UK
EDUCATION
- Caroline Vanneste, former Manager, Therapeutic Products Directorate, Health Canada
- Daniela Drago, Associate Professor at George Washington University’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC, USA
- Roche's Rare diseases Regulatory Expert network (RaRE), Switzerland
FUTURES
- Global Stem Cell Technology, Belgium
- Boyds, UK
- Karen Taylor and Sebastian Payne, Deloitte LLP Centre for Health Solutions, UK
HORIZON
- Ashley Dukes, Manager, Regulatory Affairs Therapeutic Group, Global Regulatory & Quality, Research & Development, GSK, UK
- Clara Desvignes, Senior Regulatory Scientist, Voisin Consulting Life Sciences (VCLS), France
- Jack Daley, Regulatory Operations Manager, Gilead Sciences, UK
- Vatsala Patel, Regulatory Affairs Executive, Regulis Consulting, UK
- Sabine Ruhle, Senior Regulatory Associate, Boyds, UK
INNOVATION
- Business Workflow Enablement for Labeling (BWEL), Merck & Co, Inc, USA (BWEL Leads: Anita Cunningham, Exec Director Global Labeling Regulatory Affairs, John Janick, Director Innovation & Information Management, Jamie Brubaker Hall, Director Labeling Operations Innovation & Information Management)
- MedBoard, UK
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Joyce Tait, Co-Director, Innogen Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK
INSPIRATION
- Lavonne Patton, Director, Regulatory Affairs and Product Development for the Regulatory Sciences Group of Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions, USA
- Janet Lewis, Head of Regulatory Affairs MCO (UK & Ireland), GRA Region Europe, Sanofi, UK
- Lucy Clayton, Therapy Area Director, Clinical Development, Norgine Limited, UK
- Louisa Ballard, Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Compliance, EMEA - STERIS Corporation, UK
SUPPORT
- Clinigen Group Regulatory Affairs Team, UK
- Klifovet AG, Munich, Germany
- MEDSPERO, Dubai, UAE
- Regulatory Affairs Team, Regulis, UK
Winners will be announced at an Awards Ceremony and dinner to be held in London on 21 November 2019.
Tickets for the event can be purchased here