2023 Winners
The 2024 winners and runners-up to be announced during a special ceremony taking place at the 15th World ADC San Diego
Best ADC Platform Technology
Winner: LegoChem Biosciences
Runner-Up: Catalent SMARTag Technology
Shortlisted: Abzena, Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services, Genequantum Healthcare, WuXi XDC, Synaffix
Most Promising Clinical Candidate
Winner: Enfortumab vedotin (PADCEV) – Seagen/Astellas
Runners Up: BL-B01D1 – SystImmune, Patritumab deruxtecan - Daiichi Sankyo
Shortlisted: ARX788 – Ambrx, Datopotamabderuxtecan – AstraZeneca / Daiichi Sankyo, Farletuzumab Ecteribulin – Eisai / Bristol Myers-Squibb, Ziloveramabvedotin - Merck & Co.
Best New Drug Developer
Winner: Exelixis
Runner Up: Duality Biologics
Shortlisted: Ambrx, Eisai, Genequantum Healthcare, Iksuda Therapeutics
Best Contract Research Organization
Winner: NJ Bio, Inc. & Charles River Laboratories
Shortlisted: Abzena, ChemExpress, Eurofins, PPD, Pharmaron, Sterling Pharma Solutions
Best Contract Manufacturing Development Organization
Winner: WuXi XDC
Runners Up: Lonza, BSP Pharmaceuticals
Shortlisted: Axplora, MilliporeSigma, Piramal Pharma Solutions
Best ADC Preclinical Publication 2022
Winner: Discovery of BT8009: A Nectin-4
Targeting Bicycle Toxin Conjugate for the Treatment of Cancer
Runner Up: Targeting LRRC15 Inhibits Metastatic Dissemination of Ovarian Cancer
Best ADC Clinical Publication 2022
Winner: Trastuzumab deruxtecan in Previously Treated HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Runner Up: Trastuzumab Deruxtecan versus Trastuzumab Emtansine for Breast Cancer
Outstanding Academic Investigator Award
Winner: Nathan Tumey, Binghampton University
The George R Pettit Individual Input to the Field Award
Winner: Dr. Shanu Modi, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Long Standing Contribution to the Field Award
Winner: Puja Sapra