History of the Life Science Industry Awards
| 2002: | Initiated by The Scientist, the Life Science Industry Awards were originally called The Scientist Readers’ Choice Awards. Winners were selected based on a survey of The Scientist’s readers. The results were announced in December with awards given in nine categories.
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| 2003: | The Scientists again surveyed its readers in 2003. Awards were made in ten categories. In 2003 award winners were announced at a ceremony coinciding with the American Society for Cell Biology annual meeting in San Francisco in December.
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| 2004: | The Scientist selected BioInformatics, LLC to survey life scientists and to tabulate their votes. The Science Advisory Board became a sponsoring partner. With this addition, the voting population of life scientists was expanded to include both Science Advisory Board members and readers of The Scientist. More than 2,000 life scientists voted for the awards. To reflect the expanded base of customers voting on the awards, the name was changed to the Life Science Industry Awards. The number of categories was also expanded to 18. Winners were feted at an awards ceremony in December, again coinciding with the American Society for Cell Biology annual meeting.
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| 2006: | Four years later, the Life Science Industry Awards were clearly the most prestigious awards in the industry. The awards were again based on a survey of Science Advisory Board members and readers of The Scientists. In 2006, award winners in 18 categories were announced at a ceremony in April concomitant with the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting. The Life Science Executive Exchange became a second sponsoring partner this year, promoting the event to its members.
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 | The Scientist www.the-scientist.com is the magazine of the life sciences; with a readership of over 70,000 print subscribers and over 400,000 monthly visitors on the web. Now in its 20th year, The Scientist offers a unique blend of authoritative editorial content covering the people, companies, technologies and innovations that are transforming the life sciences. |
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 | The Life Science Executive Exchange www.lifescieexec.com is an online community that enables professionals to stay in touch with what's happening in the life science "tools" and technology marketplace today. In addition to instant access to breaking news on the market's most significant players, The Life Science Executive Exchange provides its members with convenient access to industry-specific information to support both corporate and personal success. |
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 | The Science Advisory Board www.scienceboard.net is the world's largest market research panel of scientific customers. The online community is divided into two panels (Research and Clinical) and consists of more than 32,000 life scientists from 62 countries. These experts, representing all aspects of the life sciences and medicine, "convene" regularly via the World Wide Web to voice their opinions on a wide variety of issues relating to biomedical research and clinical technologies |
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 | BioInformatics, LLC www.gene2drug.com supports clients across the life sciences—from research product suppliers to pharmaceutical companies—by providing market insights from gene to drug. The company offers both published reports and custom-designed studies that enable clients to see their company, market and competitors through the eyes of the most important information source of allÑtheir customers. |
Contact Information
For information about the 2007 Life Science Industry Awards finalists, winners and ceremony contact The Scientist at info@lifescienceindustryawards.com
For information about the methodology and award categories contact BioInformatics at 703.778.3080 x14 or email info@lifescienceindustryawards.com
