Leader of the Year

This award recognises an exceptional individual who has demonstrated visionary leadership in advancing healthcare through technology innovation.

The winner has made significant contributions to improving patient outcomes, healthcare delivery or system efficiency through the strategic development, implementation or scaling of health technology solutions.

About the sponsor

Reddie & Grose LLP is an internationally renowned firm of European and United Kingdom patent, trade mark and design attorneys.

With an understanding of both the heavily regulated pharmaceutical sector and the fast moving tech sector our team can support healthcare companies in deciding how and why they should protect and utilise their intellectual property.

Working at the intersection of different technologies, regulations and patent law, we support multi-nationals to manage and defend their IP portfolio as well as helping smaller companies navigate the IP landscape and protect their innovations.

Femtech Company of the Year

This award celebrates an outstanding company dedicated to advancing women's health through innovative technology solutions.

The winner will have demonstrated exceptional commitment to addressing unmet needs in women's healthcare, from reproductive health and maternal care to menopause and beyond, while delivering meaningful impact for women across their health journeys.

About the sponsor

Cross-Border Impact Ventures (CBIV) is an impact venture capital firm on a mission to revolutionise venture investing in health technology.

CBIV invests in early-growth stage health technology companies commercializing medical devices, diagnostics, therapeutics, and digital health innovations and leveraging cutting-edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML).

All innovations CBIV finances are relevant to women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health and located in North America and Europe, with the ability to scale technologies to emerging markets.

CBIV is driven by the belief that good health should not be restricted by gender, age, race, wealth, or borders and seeks to expand access to their portfolio’s world class technologies inclusively and globally. 

Health Tech Innovation

This award honours exceptional innovations in healthcare technology that are transforming how healthcare is delivered, accessed, or experienced.

The winner will havedeveloped groundbreaking solutions that address significant healthcare challenges through creative application of technology, demonstrating meaningful impact on patients, providers, or health systems.

About the sponsor

Fearsome delivers comprehensive design & development services to clients in the medical devices industry, with core competencies in technology development, design engineering, product design, human factors, usability engineering, design transfer, design quality assurance, regulatory compliance and project management. 

We can tackle a whole project in a turnkey fashion, or feed into a wider programme where there is a particular need. We are ISO 13485 certified, with regulatory experience across FDA 21 CFR Part 820 and EMA MDR/IVDR frameworks. 

Specific areas of expertise include drug delivery and combination products, ophthalmic devices for diagnosis and treatment, surgical instrumentation, wearable and implantable devices

Startup of the Year

This award celebrates an early-stage health technology company that has demonstrated exceptional promise, innovation, and early traction in transforming healthcare.

The winner will exemplify entrepreneurial excellence, combining groundbreaking solutions with strong execution to address unmet healthcare needs and establish a foundation for sustainable growth and impact.

About the sponsor

Exponential-e is a UK leader in digital transformation, with a unique consultative approach to delivering bespoke, fully integrated solutions that enable scalable, high-performance IT. As a trusted technology partner for more than 3,000 companies, our evolving portfolio encompasses public, private, and hybrid Cloud , leading-edge SD-WAN and SASE, cyber security and disaster recovery, unified communications and contact centre, and managed IT - all powered by our own enterprise-class network.

As the British Standards Institute says, “Exponential-e is a truly world-class ICT services company”.

Most Improved Patient Outcomes

This award celebrates the health technology solution that has made the most significant measurable impact on improving patient outcomes.

It recognises innovations that have demonstrably enhanced patient health, safety, experience, or quality of life through effective use of technology.

About the sponsor

NIHR HealthTech Research Centres (HRCs) work with medical device, diagnostic and digital health technology companies to develop, evaluate and validate new medical technology and diagnostics.

HRCs are centres of excellence located in leading NHS organisations across England that accelerate the development of healthcare technologies to improve the effectiveness and quality of health and care services. 

HRCs can help medical device, digital technology and diagnostic companies to develop new innovative medical technologies. This includes help to generate the evidence to demonstrate financial value (health economics) or improve operational efficiency in the NHS (real-world evidence generation).

 The HealthTech Research Centre in Accelerated Surgical Care aims to drive HealthTech innovation patients and healthcare systems to deliver socio-economic benefit through quicker diagnosis and treatment of surgical conditions with safe, early recovery in the community.