The 2025 Awards will open for entries in March 2025 - more details to follow shortly.

Nominations for the 2025 TOPRA Awards for Regulatory Excellence will open in March 2025.

The Inspiration Award celebrates mentors who motivate their teams and colleagues, prompt action or innovative outcomes. It recognises those exceptional individuals who have stood out as inspirational team leaders in a regulatory activity or project.

This award category is open to individuals

Nominees may have:

1. Designed a personal development plan or education programme to inspire an individual or a team to produce outstanding performance as regulatory affairs professionals.
2. Inspired a team to deliver an initiative that enhances the regulatory affairs profession or has benefited fellow regulatory professionals.
3. Acted as a mentor to less experienced regulatory affairs professionals in their team and externally.

Read our Information Pack for more details about the Awards and FAQs.

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Previous winners and finalists

WINNER – Kate Betteridge, UK
FINALIST - Wafa Bouaziz, Germany
FINALIST - Leona Fitzgerald, UK
FINALIST - James Parsley, UK
WINNER - Katherine Bowen, UK 
FINALIST - Michelle Blake, UK

WINNER - David Sudworth, Principal Regulatory Consultant and Team Leader at DLRC Ltd, UK 
FINALIST - Claire McDonald, Associate Director Oncology, GSK, UK
FINALIST - Vivek Tomar, Director and Regional Head of India, GRAS, Syneos Health, India 

WINNER - Aileen Fisher, VP Regulatory Affairs, Mundipharma, UK
FINALIST - Angela Nelson, Executive Director of Regulatory Affairs PPD
FINALIST - Victoria Marsh, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Boyd Consultants, UK 

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 

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

WINNER - Raquel Mura - Sanofi, France
FINALIST - Bao Le - Sanofi, USA
FINALIST - Sylvia Lobo - Pfizer, UK