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        Highlights from the 2026 Prix Galien UK Forum & Awards

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        Prof. Sir Munir PIRMOHAMED
        Prix Galien UK Committee Chair

        2026 Prix Galien UK Award Winners

        dropdown-iconBest Pharmaceutical Product

        SUNLENCA/YEYTUO by Gilead Sciences Ltd.

        dropdown-iconBest Product for Orphan Disease

        VYJUVEK by Krystal Biotech

        dropdown-iconBest Biotechnology Product

         AUCATZYL by Autolus Ltd.

        dropdown-iconBest Medical Technology

         GENIO by Nyxoah SA

        dropdown-iconBest Digital Health Solution

        AI-IMMUNOLOGY™ PLATFORM by Evaxion

        dropdown-iconBest Public Sector Innovation

         LIVERPOOL'S COVID-19 TRIO: ISARIC (CLINICAL CHARACTERISATION), SMART (TESTING) AND AGILE (TRIALS) by University of Liverpool

        dropdown-iconBest Health Equity Initiative

        ENABLING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO LIFESAVING RABIES POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS by University of Glasgow

        dropdown-iconPrix Galien UK Lifetime Achievement Award

        Dame Kate Bingham, Former Chair of the UK Government's Vaccine Taskforce

        Best Pharma

        Committee Member Prof. Sudhesh Kumar (r) with 2026 Best Pharmaceutical Product Winner

        Best Rare Orphan
        Committee Member Prof. Jesse Dawson (c) with 2026 Best Product for Rare Orphan Diseases Winner
        Best Biotech
        Committee Member Prof. Lauren Walker (l) with 2026 Best Biotech Product Winner
        Best Medtech
        Committee Member Prof. Duncan Richards (l) with 2026 Best Medical Technology Winner
        Best DH
        Committee Member Prof. Bruce Campbell (l) with 2026 Best Digital Health Solution Winner
        Best Public Sector Innovation
        Committee Member Alison Cave (c) with 2026 Best Public Sector Innovation Winner
        Best Health Equity
        Committee Member Prof. Dame Moira Whyte (l) with 2026 Best Health Equity Innitiative Winner
        Dr. John-Arne Røttingen
        2026 Prix Galien UK Keynote: Dr. John-Arne Røttingen, CEO, Wellcome; Committee Member, Prix Galien Bridges
        Miss Universe
        Miss Universe Eduarda Braum, Hanseanise Ambassador

        “Recognising and celebrating these groundbreaking solutions to global health challenges, and the teams working diligently behind them, is a testament to the future of patient care worldwide," said Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed, David Weatherall Chair of Medicine at the University of Liverpool and the NHS Chair of Pharmacogenetics, Chair of the Prix Galien UK Committee. "We congratulate this year's esteemed nominees and winners and look forward to following their continued success."

        2026 Prix Galien UK Forum

        Preceding the Awards Ceremony, the Prix Galien UK Forum brought forth a day-long exchange on the most significant challenges facing humanity in the realm of disease while highlighting the latest research and clinical pathways toward diagnosis, treatment, and cure. Among the topics discussed in the 2026 edition of the forum:

        • Discovery disrupted: The next frontier of molecular innovation
        • Trials transformed: Smarter design, better decisions, faster delivery
        • Lessons from AMR: Leveraging policy and frugal innovation to deliver global health impact
        • Regulation reinvented: Accelerating approvals and enhancing patient safety
        • Precision medicine realised: From genomic promise to patient impact
        Panel 1-1

        2026 Prix Galien UK Forum - Panel 1

        Panel 2-2
        2025 Prix Galien UK Forum - Panel 2
        Keynote
        Keynote Prof. Dame Sally Davies,
        Special Envoy on AMR, UK Government; Master, Trinity College Cambridge
        Panel 3-1
        2026 Prix Galien UK Forum - Panel 3
        Panel 4-1
        2026 Prix Galien UK Forum - Panel 4
        Mounir
        Prof. Sir Munir Pirmohamed, Prix Galien Committee Chair; David Weatherall Chair of Medicine, University of Liverpool
        Candids
        2026 Prix Galien UK Forum
        Prix Galien UK Lifetime Achievement Award

        This prestigious distinction recognizes exceptional individuals whose dedication and achievements have made a lasting contribution to the UK health sector. It celebrates remarkable careers shaped by visionary leadership, recognized expertise, and a sustained commitment to advancing medical innovation and public health.

        Lifetime Achievement

        2026 Prix Galien UK Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Dame Kate Bingham, Former Chair of the UK Government's Vaccine Taskforce

        DAME JUNE AWARD

        2025 Prix Galien UK Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Dame June Raine, Former Chief Executive Officer, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

        Prof. Sir John Bell

        2024 Prix Galien UK Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Professor Sir John Bell, President/CEO of the Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford; Emeritus Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford

        Sir Michael Rollins

        2022 Prix Galien UK Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: The late Sir Michael Rawlins, Former Prix Galien UK Committe Chair; Former Chair of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency 

        Prix Galien UK 2026 Awards Committee

        The Prix Galien UK judging panel comprises numerous of the UK’s leading luminaries in healthcare. The distinguished panel is guided by the conviction that acknowledging research-driven innovation is key to the improvement of healthcare in the UK and human health globally.

        A DISTINGUISHED PANEL OF PEERS

        Sir Munir PIRMOHAMED
        David Weatherall Chair of Medicine, University of Liverpool
        Prof. Sir Munir PIRMOHAMED (Committee Chair)
        Professor Bruce CAMPBELL
        Past Chair NICE Interventional Procedures and Medical Technologies Advisory Committees; Honorary Vascular Consultant and Professor, University of Exeter
        Prof. Bruce CAMPBELL
        Alison Cave
        Chief Safety Officer, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
        Alison CAVE, PhD
        Pr Jesse DAWSON_BW
        Professor of Stroke Medicine at School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health in the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow; Consultant Physician in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow
        Prof. Jesse DAWSON
        Prof. Dame Anna DOMINICZAK
        DBE, MD, FRCP, FAHA, FRSE, FAMSci - Chief Scientist for Scotland; Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Glasgow
        Prof. Dame Anna DOMINICZAK
        Dr Stephanie KUKU
        Chief Knowledge Officer - Conceivable Life Sciences, Senior Consultant – Hadrian Health, Board Member – Equinox and Board Trustee – The Kings Fund
        Dr. Stephanie KUKU
        Professor Sudhesh KUMAR
        Vice President (Health), University of Warwick and President of Association of Innovation, Research and Technology Organisations, UK (AIRTO)
        Prof. Sudhesh KUMAR
        Pr Andrew MORRIS_BW
        Director, Health Data Research UK & Professor of Medicine and Vice Principal Data Science, University of Edinburgh
        Prof. Andrew MORRIS
        Professor Duncan RICHARDS
        Professor of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Oxford
        Prof. Duncan RICHARDS
        Dr Lauren Walker
        Professor of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Internal Medicine, University of Liverpool
        Prof. Lauren WALKER
        Professor Moira WHYTE
        Sir John Crofton Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Edinburgh
        Dame Moira WHYTE

        A WORD FROM THE JUDGING COMMITTEE

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