2020 winners and finalists
The winners of the TOPRA Awards for Regulatory Excellence 2020 were announced on 19 November at a special virtual ceremony held online.
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COMMUNICATION
- WINNER - Monir El Azzouzi for The Medical Device made Easy Podcast, CEO, Easy Medical Device GmbH, Switzerland
- FINALIST - Michael Day, Senior Director, Regulatory Science and Co-Head, Complex Biologics, Voisin Consulting Life Sciences, USA
- FINALIST - Regulatory COVID-19 Task Force, led by Louise Hayes (Global Regulatory Lead) and Nafsika Kronidou Horst (Franchise Head Oncology), Roche, Switzerland, UK and USA
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CONTRIBUTION
- WINNER - Jane Howard-Jones, Senior Director International RA, Gilead Sciences, UK
- FINALIST - Hina Dixit, Regulatory Manager, New Product Evaluations, Norgine, UK
- FINALIST - Mary Ryan, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Director, Penlon, UK
- FINALIST - Pierre Omnes, ED, SSU & Regulatory, Syneos Health, France
- FINALIST - Ruediger Pankow, Principal Consultant Regulatory Affairs, Parexel International, Germany
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EDUCATION
- WINNER - Faster Filing Knowledge Cycling team, led by Detlef Hold, Maxine Warren, Lincoln Shand, Therese Mainville, Roche, Switzerland and USA
- FINALIST - BSc Pharmaceutical Science with Regulatory Affairs Course Team, Kingston University, UK
- FINALIST - Regulatory Team at Triveritas Ltd – a knoell company (global)
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HORIZON
- WINNER - Tobias Fleischmann, Principal Regulatory Affairs Specialist, PPD, Germany
- FINALIST - Misae Takahashi, Regulatory Associate, Syneos Health Clinical KK, Japan
- FINALIST - Shaziya Saiyed, Regulatory Affairs Associate and Pharmacist, RApport Global Strategic Services, UK
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INNOVATION
- WINNER - Regulatory Process Automation Factory, F Hoffmann-La Roche, Switzerland
- FINALIST - Association of Clinical Research Organisations (ACRO) and the Decentralised Clinical Trials Working Party, UK
- FINALIST - COVID-19 antiviral expedited clinical trial start-up, Regulatory Affairs Team, including Lisa Huang, Pedro Inacio, Michael Park and Christina Cocciardo, PPD, Taiwan, Portugal, Korea and USA
- FINALIST - GRAvitate Hackathon and the Agile Methodology – Propelling Sanofi GRA Digital Transformation, including Mathieu Buonafine, Mickael Osseni, Michelle Halliez, Sima Desai, Elise Lefebvre, Sanofi GRA, France, USA and the Netherlands
- FINALIST - Labelling Process and Documentation Redesign (LPDR), Merck Sharp & Dohme, Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA
- FINALIST - Team DocXter, led by Hrishikesh Dhongade and Sujatha Muttavarapu, Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation, India and USA
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INSPIRATION
- WINNER - Angela Stokes, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs Services, Synteract, UK
- FINALIST - Anne Dupraz-Poiseau, Chief Regulatory Officer, Orchard Therapeutics, UK
- FINALIST - Francisca Paisana, Regulatory Team Leader, Roche, UK
- FINALIST - Marguerite Prévotat, Senior Director, Global Regulatory Affairs, Rare Diseases, Ipsen Innovation, France
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SUPPORT
- WINNER - The WAYS Pharmaceutical Services Team, led by Allison Steffen, USA
- FINALIST - Estelle Decarli, Associate Director Regulatory Affairs, BlueReg, France
- FINALIST - PPD Regulatory Team working on specific BMS-Celgene Partnership activities, including Sharon Morton, Rina Kacha, Regina Eguiluz, Effi Giakouvakis and Inmaculada Moron, UK, Belgium and Spain
- FINALIST - Regulatory Intelligence Policy & Advocacy Team (RIPA), led by Charity Schuller, PPD, Europe and USA
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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- WINNER - Raj Long, Deputy Director, Integrated Development, Regulatory Affairs, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UK
- WINNER - Sue Harris - awarded posthumously after a career that included 30 years' experience at the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
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