Highlights from the 2026 Prix Galien UK Forum & Awards

Sir Pirmohamed-1

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
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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)
Dr Jane ADAM-1
Honorary Professor, University of Exeter, Consultant Radiologist, St George’s Hospital London and former Chair Technology appraisal committee, NICE
Prof. Jane ADAM
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
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
Pr Sharon PEACOCK_BW
FMedSci CBE – Master of Churchill College Cambridge
Prof. Sharon PEACOCK
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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