For this award, the jury members are looking for entries that are designed to improve safety, experience and adherence for the patient or caregiver.
 

Design Innovation:

• Does the entry meet an unmet need, or introduce a new idea, device, method, or novelty to the market?
• Does it offer a competitive advantage?
   

Patient Experience

• Does the entry improve patient adherence, safety, experience, and outcomes?
• Does it reduce dosing errors, is the patient information created with the user in mind, and is it readable and accessible for all patients?
• Is it easy for the patient to recycle the product?
   

Ease of Use

• Does the entry promote easy and safe administration by patients or HCPs?
• Is it easy to open and re-seal, is it portable, intuitive, discrete, and ergonomically designed?

Recognising products and solutions which prioritise recyclability, environmental awareness, and a reduced carbon footprint.
 

Carbon footprint:

• Does the product demonstrate a significant decrease to the environmental impact vs other products on the market?
   

Sustainability:

• Is the new product more sustainable or easier to recycle than existing solutions on the market?
• Does it demonstrate a reduced use of plastic, or if plastics are used, are they chemically compatible or jointly processable during recycling?
• Are labels and pigments minimized?
• If the product is composed of several materials, can they be easily separated during recycling processes?

Recognises products and solutions which improve or enhance health outcomes and the well-being of animals.
 

Design Innovation: Does the entry meet an unmet need, or introduce a new idea, device, method, or novelty to the market? Does it offer a competitive advantage?
 

Ease of Use: Does the entry promote easy and safe administration by farmers, veterinarians, and pet owners? Is it easy to open and re-seal, is it portable, intuitive, hygienic, and ergonomically designed?
 

Experience and Outcomes: Does the entry improve adherence, safety, experience, and outcomes for animals? Does it reduce dosing errors, is it easy to administer, does it reduce stress for the animal?

This category aims to recognise innovative approaches to safe and effective drug administration, across ophthalmic, parenteral, oral, respiratory, transdermal, and topical drug delivery solutions. 

Ask yourself:
• Innovation: Does the entry meet an unmet need, or introduce a new idea, device, method or novelty to the market?

• Patient Experience: Does the entry improve patient adherence, experience and outcomes?

• Ease of Use: Does the entry promote easy and safe administration by patients or HCPs?

• Sustainability: Is the product reusable, ecologically designed or easily recyclable? Does it demonstrate a proven reduction in carbon footprint compared to existing products on the market?

• Added Value: Does it offer a competitive advantage in the market and within its category? Is it a cost-effective solution? Does it exhibit flexibility, adaptability or a collaborative ap proach to development?

This category aims to recognise innovation in technologies, products, materials, and services relating to primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging solutions for finished drug forms.

Ask yourself:
• Innovation: Does the entry meet an unmet need, or introduce a new idea, approach, method or novelty to the market?

• Patient Experience: Does the entry improve patient adherence, experience and outcomes?

• Fit for Purpose: Does the entry adequately protect the drug product for which it is de signed? Does it prevent minimal extractable and leachable risk?

• Sustainability: Is the product reusable, ecologically designed or easily recyclable? Does it demonstrate a proven reduction in carbon footprint compared to existing products on the market?

• Added Value: Does it offer a competitive advantage in the market and within its category? Is it a cost-effective solution? Does it exhibit flexibility and adaptability?

Innovation in technologies, products, processes, and services for ensuring the safe handling and tracking of drug substances, raw materials, and finished drug products including, but not limited to, supply chain, audits, temperature-controlled logistics, transport services, track and trace, shipping containers, and distribution channels. 

Ask yourself:
• Innovation: Does the entry meet an unmet need, or introduce a new idea, approach, method or novelty to the market?

• Patient Experience: Does the entry improve patient adherence, experience and outcomes?

• Fit for Purpose: Does the entry adequately protect the drug product for which it is designed?

• Sustainability: Does the entry exhibit a sustainable approach or minimise waste? Does it demonstrate a clear reduction in carbon footprint?

• Added Value: Does it offer a competitive advantage in the market and within its category? Is it a cost-effective solution? Does it exhibit flexibility, adaptability or a collaborative approach to development?

Recognising innovation in packaging machinery, technology, equipment and partners. This category seeks to recognise both stand-alone and integrated solutions which promote efficiency, cost-effectiveness and sustainable approaches to the production, assembly and packaging of pharmaceutical products. This category also seeks to recognise excellence in outsourced, commercial or contract packaging services.

Ask yourself:
• Innovation: Does the entry meet an unmet need, or introduce a new idea, approach, method, or novelty to the market?

• Partnerships: Does the entry demonstrate flexibility, resilience and expertise as an out sourcing partner? Has the entry enabled cost savings and speed to market?

• Fit for Purpose: Does the entry offer efficient and cost-effective solutions? Does it prioritise packaging design?

• Sustainability: Does the entry promote a sustainable approach?

• Added Value: Does it offer a competitive advantage in the market and within its category? Is it a cost-effective solution? Does it exhibit flexibility, adaptability or a collaborative approach to development?Awaiting content    

This award looks to celebrate and promote those companies who are leading the way for the future of packaging. We want to recognise and celebrate the achievements of our 20 start-ups who have had a great idea, spotted the opportunity and taken the risks to launch a new product or service. We are looking for entries which demonstrate a clear promise of innovation, growth or sustainable development in pharma. We understand that Start-Ups are often at different stages of development, and accept entries across proof of concept, prototype or commercialised stage. Please know this award is strictly for participants of the Pharmapack Europe Start-Up Hub. If you are a start-up that would like to enter please contact [email protected] for more details

Ask yourself:
• Innovation – Does the entry introduce a new idea, device, method or service to the market? Does the product have an approved patent or a pending application? This helps our jurors to assess the feasibility of the product when assessing entries.

• Industry disruptor - Does this product have the potential to disrupt the industry or become the future benchmark for innovation and change?

• Sustainability - Is this product created with sustainability in mind? Does the product have a clear carbon footprint? Please ensure that a suitable metric can be provided.

For this award, the jury members are looking for entries that are designed to improve safety, experience and adherence for the patient or caregiver.
 

Design Innovation:

• Does the entry meet an unmet need, or introduce a new idea, device, method, or novelty to the market?
• Does it offer a competitive advantage?
   

Patient Experience

• Does the entry improve patient adherence, safety, experience, and outcomes?
• Does it reduce dosing errors, is the patient information created with the user in mind, and is it readable and accessible for all patients?
• Is it easy for the patient to recycle the product?
   

Ease of Use

• Does the entry promote easy and safe administration by patients or HCPs?
• Is it easy to open and re-seal, is it portable, intuitive, discrete, and ergonomically designed?

Recognising products and solutions which prioritise recyclability, environmental awareness, and a reduced carbon footprint.
 

Carbon footprint:

• Does the product demonstrate a significant decrease to the environmental impact vs other products on the market?
   

Sustainability:

• Is the new product more sustainable or easier to recycle than existing solutions on the market?
• Does it demonstrate a reduced use of plastic, or if plastics are used, are they chemically compatible or jointly processable during recycling?
• Are labels and pigments minimized?
• If the product is composed of several materials, can they be easily separated during recycling processes?

Recognises products and solutions which improve or enhance health outcomes and the well-being of animals.
 

Design Innovation: Does the entry meet an unmet need, or introduce a new idea, device, method, or novelty to the market? Does it offer a competitive advantage?
 

Ease of Use: Does the entry promote easy and safe administration by farmers, veterinarians, and pet owners? Is it easy to open and re-seal, is it portable, intuitive, hygienic, and ergonomically designed?
 

Experience and Outcomes: Does the entry improve adherence, safety, experience, and outcomes for animals? Does it reduce dosing errors, is it easy to administer, does it reduce stress for the animal?