An exciting roster of innovations will be vying for the gold in the seven categories in competition in 2025 presented during the Galien Week of Innovation.

Winners in the following categories will be announced on Oct. 30th at 8:00 am

MED1
MED2
MED3
MED4
DH1
DH2
DH3
DH4
IAE1
IAE2
IAE3
Startup1
Startup2
Startup2-1
Startup3-1
Startup4-1
Startup5
Startup6

Winners in the following categories will be announced on Oct. 30th at 6:30 pm

PHARMA1
PHARMA2
PHARMA3
BIO1
BIO2
BIO3
RARE1
RARE2
RARE3

2024 Prix galien Awards Winners

dropdown-iconBest Pharmaceutical Product

PAXLOVID™ - Pfizer Inc.

dropdown-iconBest Biotechnology Product

ENHERTU® - Daiichi Sankyo & AstraZeneca

dropdown-iconBest Medical Technology

Butterfly iQ3™ Handheld Ultrasound System - Butterfly Network

dropdown-iconBest Digital Health Solution

Viz HCM™ - Viz.ai

dropdown-iconBest Incubator / Accelerator / Equity

Texas Medical Center Innovation - TMC Innovation

dropdown-iconBest Startup

- Pentavere

- CervoMed Inc.

dropdown-iconBest Product for Rare/Orphan Diseases

KIMMTRAK - Immunocore

Prix Galien USA 2024 Highlights

PGU 2024 winners

Prix Galien USA 2024 Laureates

Winners receiving their price for Pharmaceutical product

Best Pharmaceutical Product
(l) Pfizer Inc.

Winners receiving their price for Biotechnology category

Best Biotechnology Product
(l) Toshinori Agatsuma, Daiichi Sankyo & AstraZeneca

Winners receiving their price for Rare Orphan category

Best Product for Rare/Orphan Diseases
(l) Immunocore

Winners receiving their price for Medical technology

Best Best Medical Technology
(l) Joseph M. DeVivo, Butterfly Network

Winners receiving their price For Digital Health solution

Best Digital Health Solution
(c) Chris Mansi, Viz.ai

Winners receiving their price for Incubator

Best Incubator/Accelerator/Equity
(l) TMC Innovation

Winners receiving their price Best startup category

Best Startup
(c) Aaron Leibtag, Pentavere

Submission Process

Submission is a simple, easy process. Watch our short 3-minute video for a complete explanation of your submission from login to submission, dashboard and upload of all required company assets.


PRIZE CATEGORIES
Best Pharmaceutical Product
Best Biotechnology Product
Best Product for Rare/Orphan Diseases
Best Medical Technology
Best Digital Health Solution
Best Incubator / Accelerator / Equity
Best Startup

The Prix Galien USA Awards Ceremony launched in 2007, first honoring unique medical products, later devices, and finally, individuals who have impacted patient care through innovation. The Awards Ceremony and Dinner is held annually at the New York City Museum of Natural History following the Galien Forum, which launched in New York City in 2010 and has since been held every autumn the Alexandria Center for Life Science – New York City. We award prizes for Best Pharmaceutical Product, Best Biotechnology Product, and Best Medical Technology approved by the FDA in the past five years as well as Best Digital Health Solution, Best Incubator/Accelerator/Equity and best Startup. Up to three prizes may be awarded annually in each of these categories. The prizes are awarded by a prestigious committees including Nobel laureates, industry leaders and other highly distinguished individuals in the health sector. Learn about our charter and selection criteria.

Any team member having worked on a Prix Galien Winning or Prix Galien nominated product or device is considered an alumnus by the Galien Foundation. We encourage our alumni to take an active part in our growing community by telling their stories from challenge to change for the benefit of human health worldwide.


The Prize boasts an illustrious list of winners who have entered the Galien Foundation Hall of Fame. The winners archive traces the history of innovations benefitting human health since the prize’s inception in France in 1970. It is with pride that the Galien Foundation chronicles and honors the winning teams and encourages individuals having working on breakthrough products, devices and solution to become Foundation members and thus perpetuate the importance of their innovation to the advancement of human health.

The Prize is awarded in 15 countries worldwide. Winners are candidates for the bi-yearly International prize contending with all prize-winning innovations worldwide.

Prix Galien USA Awards Committee

The Prix Galien USA Awards committees include up to 13 esteemed leaders in the life sciences from the United States with one international member and one honorary member. Two committees judge three categories each.

JUDGES IN THE CATEGORIES:

Best Pharmaceutical Product, Best Biotechnology Product, and Best Product for Rare/Orphan Diseases:

JUDGES IN THE CATEGORIES:

Best Medical Technology, Best Digital Health Solution, Best Incubator / Accelerator / Equity, and Best Startup:

*We are deeply saddened to inform you of the passing of our beloved Bernard Poussot on May 1st, 2024. Bernard was a truly wonderful and brilliant person.The global Galien Foundation Community will deeply miss him.

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY SUB-COMMITTEE:

This sub-committee pre-screens all applications in the Medical Technology category before submission of the short list

Robert S. LANGER
Robert S. LANGER
David H. Koch Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cato_Laurencin
Sir Cato T. LAURENCIN, MD, PhD, KCSL
Chief Executive Officer, The Cato T. Laurencin Institute at UConn; The University Professor and Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor, University of Connecticut
STEVEN LESTER
Steven J. LESTER, MD
Medical Director, Discovery Oasis; Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Mayo Clinic and ASU Alliance for Health Care Accelerator

INCUBATOR, ACCELERATOR, EQUITY, SUB-COMMITTEE:

This sub-committee pre-screens all applications in the IAE category before submission of the short list

Gil BASHE (Sub-Committee Jury Chair)
Gil BASHE
Managing Partner, Chair Global Health and Purpose, FINN Partners
Ron COHEN, MD
Ron COHEN, MD
Founder, President & CEO, Acorda Therapeutics
Jamey EDWARDS
Jamey EDWARDS
Former CEO, Emergent Medical Associates
Amir KALALI, MD
Amir KALALI, MD
Chairman & Chief Curator, CNS Summit/Co-Chair, Decentralized Trial Research Alliance
Michelle LONGMIRE, MD
Michelle LONGMIRE, MD
Co-Founder & CEO, Medable
James PRUTOW, JD, MBA
James PRUTOW, JD, MBA
Advisory Partner – Life Sciences, Molecular Diagnostics, Global Healthcare, PwC Consulting
Julien de SALABERRY
Julien de SALABERRY
CEO & Founder, Galen Growth

DIGITAL HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD:

The Digital Health advisory board pre-screens all applications in the Digital Health category before submission of the short list

Junaid BAJWA
Junaid BAJWA
Chief Medical Scientist, Microsoft Research, Microsoft
Sally Ann Frank
Sally Ann Frank
Global Lead – Health & Life Sciences, Microsoft for Startups
Ariel Katz-1
Ariel Katz
CEO and Co-founder, H1
Sachin NANAVATI
Sachin Nanavati
Head, Industry, Healthcare, Google
Jay RAJDA, MD
Jay RAJDA, MD
Clinical Leader, Healthcare, Amazon
MaryAnn_Rizk
MaryAnne RIZK, PhD
Managing Partner, Rizk Management Advisors, Adjunct Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology
Steven ROSENBERG
Steven ROSENBERG
Chief Executive Officer, uMotif
Daniel VIAL
Daniel VIAL
President, Galien China

STARTUP ADVISORY BOARD:

The Start-up advisory board pre-screens all applications in the StartUp category before submission of the short list

Elaine BRENNAN
Elaine BRENNAN
Executive Director, Global Strategic Partnership, Northwell Health
Steven Eror
Steven EROR
Chairman, Solo-Dex. Hilltop Group
Rodolphe KATRA, PhD
Rodolphe KATRA, PhD
Sr. Research Director & Technical Fellow,Medtronic
Michael LANGER
Michael LANGER
Founder and Managing Partner, T.Rx Capital
Jonathan MARCHADO
Jonathan MARCHADO
Managing Director, Samsung Next
Detlev MENNERICH
Detlev MENNERICH
Global Head of the Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund
Leighanne Oh
Leighanne OH, MS
Vice President, Ascenta Capital
Dennis PURCELL
Dennis PURCELL
Founder, Aisling Capital