Questex's Fierce Biotech Announces 2025 Fierce CRO Award Finalists
The Fierce CRO Awards celebrate exceptional achievements and innovations by Contract Research Organizations (CROs). These awards honor CROs that have demonstrated outstanding performance, innovation, and leadership in delivering high-quality research and development services. By recognizing the excellence of CROs, the awards aim to highlight the critical role they play in advancing life sciences research and improving patient outcomes.
Fierce CRO Award finalists include:
CRO Champion Award
Dr. Uma Sharma, Founder and CEO, MMS
GenScript Biotech Corp
Toyna Chin, Global Director of Marketing, Novotech
Excellence in Client Service and Partnership
CMIC Group
MMS
Navitas Life Sciences
Excellence in Clinical Trial Management
Phastar Clinical Intelligence by Phastar
PSI CRO: The Leading CRO in Radiopharmaceutical Trial Management and Beyond by PSI CRO AG
Trial Management Collaboration and Support for an Emerging Oncology Biotech by Catalyst Clinical Research
Excellence in Global Operations
CTI Clinical Trial & Consulting
Excellence in Global Operations by Crown Bioscience
TFS HealthScience
Innovative Approaches to Patient-Centric Research
CTI Clinical Trial & Consulting
Empowering Patient-Centric Trials by IQVIA
Patient-Centered Endpoints by Fortrea
Innovative Solutions in Drug Development
BioPALS Hit Identification by Concept Life Sciences
Centralized Monitoring for Best-In-Class Data Management by Precision for Medicine
CertisOI Assistant: The Digital Assistant for Oncology Research by Certis Oncology Solutions
Outstanding Patient Recruitment and Retention
Reinventing Patient Recruitment Approaches: Lindus Health's Novel Application of the Patient Identification Center (PIC) Technique by Lindus Health
Patient recruitment and retention by Centre for Human Drug Research
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'Our awards program honors the outstanding performance, innovation and leadership of Contract Research Organizations in the life sciences industry. We applaud the award finalists on their work to advance research as well as the industry. We look forward to seeing who comes up on top in June,' said Rebecca Willumson, SVP and Publisher of Fierce Biotech and Fierce Pharma.
The Fierce CRO Awards finalists were judged on: Innovation and Impact, Measurable Outcomes, Sustainability and Scalability and Ethical and Regulatory Adherence.
Winners will be announced on June 18.
About Fierce Biotech is the biotech industry's daily monitor, providing the latest news, articles, and resources related to clinical trials, drug discovery, FDA approval, FDA regulation, patent news, pharma news, biotech company news and more. More than 300,000 top biotech professionals rely on Fierce Biotech for an insider briefing on the day's top stories. Signup is free here.
About QuestexQuestex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.
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