See Our Winners, Runners Up & Shortlisted
The 2025 winners and runners-up were announced during a special ceremony taking place at the 16th World ADC San Diego.
Best ADC Platform Technology
Winner:
DXd ADC Technology
Daiichi Sankyo
Runner Up:
ConjuALLTM
LigaChem Biosciences
Shortlisted:
- AbClick – AbTis
- AJICAP – Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services
- ConjuAll – LigaChem Biosciences
- Conjugation Toolbox - AsymBio
- GlycoConnect – Synaffix, a Lonza Company
- SMARTag – Catalent
Best New ADC Drug Developer
Winner:
CrossBridge Bio
Runner Up:
Aarvik Therapeutics
Shortlisted:
- Adcentrx Therapeutics
- Adcytherix
- OnCusp Therapeutics
- T-E Meds
Most Promising ADC to Watch
Winner:
IKS014
Iksuda Therapeutics & Fosun Pharma
Runner Up:
Emiltatug ledadotin
Mersana Therapeutics
Shortlisted:
- CS5001 - CStone Pharma
- Emiltatug ledadotin- Mersana Therapeutics
- Fetrastobart vedotin - Pfizer
- MYTX-011 - Mythic Therapeutics
- PYX-201 - Pyxis Oncology
Best ADC Clinical Impact
Winner:
DATROWAY
AstraZeneca & Daiichi Sankyo
Runner Up:
EMRELIS
AbbVie
Shortlisted:
- BL-B01D1 – BMS & SystImmune
- EMRELIS - AbbVie
- HER3-DXd - Daiichi Sankyo & Merck & Co.
- PADCEV (Keytruda bladder cancer combination) - Astellas & Pfizer
- Rina-S - GenMab
Best CDMO
Winner:
WuXi XDC
Runner Up:
Lonza
- Abzena
- BSP Pharmaceuticals
- Cohance Lifesciences
- Lonza
- MilliporeSigma
- Piramal Pharma Solutions
Best CRO
Winner:
WuXi XDC
Runner Up:
NJ Bio, Inc.
- Charles River Laboratories
- ChemExpress
- Crown Bioscience
- HUB Organoids
- ICON Plc
- NJ Bio, Inc.
- Precision For Medicine
- Sterling Pharma Solutions
Best Clinical Publication 2024
Winner:
Efficacy and Safety of Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Patients With HER2-Expressing Solid Tumors: Primary Results From the DESTINY-PanTumor02 Phase II Trial
Best Preclinical Publication 2024
Winner:
Exo-Cleavable Linkers: Enhanced Stability and Therapeutic Efficacy in Antibody-Drug Conjugates
Best Poster 2025
Winner:
First-in-class click chemistry-based pre-targeting of CEACAM5 selectively activates an MMAE payload at tumors – Shasqi
Outstanding Academic Investigator Award
Winner:
Professor David Spring
University of Cambridge
The George R. Pettit Individual Input to the Field 2024
Winner:
Raffaele Colombo, Zymeworks
The Toshinori Agatsuma Long Standing Contribution to the Field Award
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