CellCentric, which has Cambridge facilities at Chesterford Research Park in the UK and Boston in the States, is tipped to float in the US next year, adding its heft to the likes of Arm, AstraZeneca, Bicycle Therapeutics, Quantinuum and RedCloud from the Cambridge Cluster.
CellCentric is developing inobrodib, an oral, first-in-class small molecule inhibitor of p300/CBP, for the treatment of multiple myeloma and other cancers.
Zickie Lim, of lead forensic sponsor Mills & Reeve, and guest speaker Tim Minshall - Dr John C Taylor Professor of Innovation at the University of Cambridge and head of the Institute for Manufacturing - made the announcement.
Full List of 36th Business Weekly Award Winners
Business of the Year: CellCentric
Startup of the Year: Barocal
Life Science Innovation: bit.bio
Life Science Scale-Up: Sortera Bio
Life Science Entrepreneur: Muhunthan Thillai (Qureight)
Technology Entrepreneur: Dr Chiraz Ennaceur (CorrosionRADAR)
AI Innovation: Luminance
Cambridge Spark Female Founder in AI: Erin McGurk
Disruptive Technology: Redtail Telematics
Technology Scale-Up: Kigen
Sir Michael Marshall Engineering Excellence: Blighter
Sustainability Champion: Pragmatic Semiconductor
Genomics Excellence: SPT Labtech
UK-US Healthtech Alliance: Owlstone Medical
Cambridge Science & Technology Torchbearer: Cyclana Bio
Cambridge Judge Graduate Business: TRIMTECH Therapeutics
The Pathfinder Award: Syndex Bio
International Trade: Secondmind
Quoted Company: Arecor Therapeutics
Deal of the Year: Astex Pharmaceuticals
Collaboration of the Year: CommonAI
Event Sponsors
The annual awards are backed by key Cambridge ecosystem partners including Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers, Arm, AstraZeneca, Barclays, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Cambridge Judge Business School, Cambridge Management Consulting, Cambridge Network, Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge Spark, Chesterford Research Park, Howard Group, Innovate Cambridge, London Stansted, Marshall Aerospace, Mills & Reeve, PwC, Quantinuum, Railpen, St John's Innovation Centre, Savills and the Wellcome Genome Campus.
Image: CellCentric CEO Will West (centre) with guest speaker Tim Minshall and Zickie Lim from lead Awards sponsor Mills & Reeve. Credit: Business Weekly © Phil Mynott
