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Previous winners and finalists

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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.

 Communication icon  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 
Support icon 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 

Lifetime Achievement icon  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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