2019 winners and finalists
The winners of the TOPRA Awards for Regulatory Excellence 2019 were announced at a formal dinner and awards ceremony at The Merchant Taylors' Hall in London on 21 November.
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COMMUNICATION
- WINNER - Martin Harvey Allchurch, Principal International Affairs Officers, EMA, and Governance and Board Relations Manager – External Relations, Unitaid, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- FINALIST - Will Drury, Senior Business Associate, Cyton Biosciences Ltd, the Netherlands
- FINALIST - Global Regulatory Affairs, EU Regulatory Team, Primary Care Sanofi, France
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CONTRIBUTION
- WINNER - Steve Lee, Senior Regulatory Policy Manager – IVD, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, UK
- FINALIST - Nishant Mahajan, Regulatory Affairs Manager, Clinical Development, Norgine Limited, UK
- FINALIST - Paul McCleverty, Senior Director, Regulatory Oncology Regional Head, Janssen, UK
- FINALIST - Sarah McFarlane, Regulatory Affairs Director, AstraZeneca, UK
- FINALIST - Sarah Roberts, Vice President, Global Regulatory Affairs, PRA Health Sciences, UK
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EDUCATION
- WINNER - Daniela Drago, former Associate Professor at George Washington University’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC, USA and now Senior Director, US Regulatory Sciences, Biogen, USA
- FINALIST - Roche's Rare diseases Regulatory Expert network (RaRE), Switzerland
- FINALIST - Caroline Vanneste, former Manager, Therapeutic Products Directorate, Health Canada
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FUTURES
- WINNER - Regulatory team at Boyds, UK
- FINALIST - Global Stem Cell Technology, Belgium
- FINALIST - Karen Taylor and Sebastian Payne, Deloitte LLP Centre for Health Solutions, UK
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HORIZON
- WINNER - Jack Daley, Regulatory Operations Manager, Gilead Sciences, UK
- FINALIST - Ashley Dukes, Manager, Regulatory Affairs Therapeutic Group, Global Regulatory & Quality, Research & Development, GSK, UK
- FINALIST - Clara Desvignes, Senior Regulatory Scientist, Voisin Consulting Life Sciences (VCLS), France
- FINALIST - Vatsala Patel, Regulatory Affairs Executive, Regulis Consulting, UK
- FINALIST - Sabine Ruhle, Senior Regulatory Associate, Boyds, UK
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INNOVATION
- WINNER - MedBoard, UK
- FINALIST - 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)
- FINALIST - Joyce Tait, Co-Director, Innogen Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK
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INSPIRATION
- WINNER - Lavonne Patton, Director, Regulatory Affairs and Product Development for the Regulatory Sciences Group of Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions, USA
- FINALIST - Janet Lewis, Head of Regulatory Affairs MCO (UK & Ireland), GRA Region Europe, Sanofi, UK
- FINALIST - Lucy Clayton, Therapy Area Director, Clinical Development, Norgine Limited, UK
- FINALIST - Louisa Ballard, Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Compliance, EMEA - STERIS Corporation, UK
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SUPPORT
- WINNER - Regulatory Affairs Team, Regulis, UK
- FINALIST - Clinigen Group Regulatory Affairs Team, UK
- FINALIST - Klifovet AG, Munich, Germany
- FINALIST - MEDSPERO, Dubai, UAE
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- WINNER - David Jefferys
- WINNER - John Deavin
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