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Celebrating the Winners of the OBN Awards 2025

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OBN (UK) Ltd is thrilled to announce the winners of the 17th annual OBN Awards, an evening organised by  that celebrates innovation and outstanding achievement across the life sciences industry. Full details below:
  • The Best Start-Up Biotech Company Award, sponsored by , was awarded to , a clinical-stage neuropsychiatry company dedicated to delivering next-generation treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders.
  • The Best Early Stage Medtech Company Award, sponsored by  was collected by , whose mission is to combat blindness by pioneering cellular level disease detection using its DARC biomarker technology.
  • presented the Most Transformative Healthtech Company Award to  who have developed a software as a medical device that supports clinical decision making in neurology.
  • Presented by  the Most Impactful CRO was , a pioneering Oxford-based CRO combining robotics, AI and scientific expertise to accelerate and de-risk drug discovery.
  • The judges awarded the BioSeed ‘One to Watch’ Award, presented by  to , a biotech developing three novel drugs to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a common yet poorly treated and devastating mental illness.
  • The Most Impactful Industry Collaboration Award, sponsored by , was presented to , a research institute at the University of Cambridge, with an overarching vision to convert pioneering science into therapies by driving academic-industry partnerships.
  • The Best Industry Support Partner Award, sponsored by , went to , a CRO founded in 2005 with the vision to seed new ideas in life science and technology.
  • Sponsored by , the Best Emerging Biotech Company Award went to , who are working to translate groundbreaking science and precision delivery into life-changing gene therapies for people living with neurological conditions.
  • The Best Established Medtech Company Award, sponsored by , was won by  a company that specialises in the creation of AI-powered software solutions to enable precision medicine for better treatment decisions in stroke and lung fibrosis.
  • The Best Established Biotech Company Award, sponsored by , went to , a therapeutic company with a phase II ready clinical stage asset for the treatment of Non Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.
  • The final Award of the evening, the Special Recognition Award, was presented by OBN chairman , to , a globally recognised neurologist, neurogeneticist, and a pioneer in neurodegenerative disease research. He has dedicated most of his career to this research field, driven huge progress in it, influenced clinical process, and later in his career, translated his academic work into a flourishing, clinical-stage spinout – showing that it’s never too late to translate!
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OBN warmly congratulates the winners and everyone shortlisted for their remarkable innovation and achievement.
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For further information please visit www.obn-awards.com or contact:
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Event enquiries: Jane O’Driscoll, Executive Director & Head of Events, OBN,  
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Picture requests: Events Team, OBN, 
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