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Medtech InsightAwards | 2019


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Entry Guide

Entry deadline: 7 June 2019

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Introduction

The Medtech Insight Awards will celebrate achievements across the medtech industry.Join us as at the Medtech Insight Awards to celebrate those from across the industry who make human lives better.

This event, in partnership with The MedTech Conference, applauds the essential role the industry plays in advancing healthcare around the globe with new treatments and solutions. The awards will recognize everything from innovations and innovators, to financings and partnerships, to good corporate citizenship.

This prestigious event will be held in Boston, MA, USA on Monday September 23, 2019.

The Medtech Insight Awards gather distinguished leaders in the medtech and diagnostics industry from all over the world.

Recognizing successThe Medtech Insight Awards are proud to lead the way in recognizing and rewarding success in the industry.

Why enter?• This is your chance to gain recognition for your hard work at an event full of industry

professionals.• Credibility sells – Winning this prestigious accolade is marketing that money can’t buy.• Master your sector – Our awards cover activities across the whole medtech industry from

start up to big player and from clinical research to market.• You don’t have to be big – You just have to be the best!

In addition, the Medtech Insight Awards are FREE to enter! You have done the hard work, now all you need to do is tell the independent panel of experts judging this year’s awards.



Categories

1. Best Technological Innovation: Devices and Diagnostics

2. Best Technological Innovation: Digital

3. Executive of the Year

4. Most Innovative Team or Innovator of the Year

5. Community Partnership of the Year

6. Best Proof-of-Value of an Innovation

7. Financing of the Year

8. Dealmaker of the Year

9. The In Vivo Award for Best Medtech Partnership/Alliance



1. Best Technological Innovation: Devices and DiagnosticsInnovation is the life blood of the medtech industry. This Award will recognize the efforts of an individual, team, or company that developed an innovative medical device or diagnostic that makes significant contributions to advancing patient treatment and was launched in between June 1, 2018 and June 29, 2019.

The judges will be looking for the product that represents the most innovative new approach to care by addressing an unmet clinical need; by changing the practice of health care to be more effective, efficient or less error-prone; or by expanding technology to new patient populations.

To be eligible, entrants must have played a role in the core project for the product.

To enter this category, please provide the following:• The name of the individual, team or company, including an outline of their role(s). • Details of the product; i.e. type of product, name(s), procedure, patient segment(s)• Provide evidence of the impact that the product has had, or potentially could have, on the patient population

and addressing unmet medical needs• Describe any unique strategies used to identify market needs, prototype, bench test, develop clinical protocols

or take on other steps of the innovation process. • If available, please provide documentation (URL) in support of the achievements described

2. Best Technological Innovation: DigitalThis Award will recognize the efforts of an individual, team, or company that developed an innovative digital health tool or standalone software that makes significant contributions to advancing patient health and was launched in between June 1, 2018 and June 29, 2019.

The judges will be looking for the product that supports the most innovative new approach to care by addressing an unmet clinical need; by changing the practice of health care to be more effective, efficient or less error-prone; or by expanding technology to new patient populations.

To be eligible, entrants must have played a role in the core project for the product.

To enter this category, please provide the following:• The name of the individual, team or company, including an outline of their role(s). • Details of the product; i.e. type of product, name(s), procedure, patient segment(s)• Provide evidence of the impact that the product has had, or potentially could have, on the patient population

and addressing unmet medical needs• Describe any unique strategies used to identify market needs, prototype, bench test, develop clinical protocols

or take on other steps of the innovation process. • If available, please provide documentation (URL) in support of the achievements described

Criteria



3. Executive of the YearThe Medtech Insight Executive of the Year Award is designed to acknowledge excellence in the leadership of large and small medtech companies. This year’s winner will be the executive who has exhibited exemplary leadership throughout 12 months from June 1, 2018 to June 29, 2019.

This could range from leading an emerging company to an established place within the industry, to turning around the fortunes of a failing company or unit or leading a firm successfully through the turbulence of a merger or acquisition. Also important to the judges will be the executive’s career achievements, influence within the industry and leadership qualities.

To be eligible for this year’s Award, entrants must hold a C-suite executive position. Candidates must be employed by the company at the time of nomination.

To enter this category, please answer the following:• Please give the name, company and position of the entrant, and the date of taking up this post.• What have been the entrant’s greatest achievements during the qualifying year? What has been the direct

consequence of these on company performance?• How have these achievements strengthened the candidate’s influence within the industry? Please give

examples.• What are the entrant’s greatest strengths as a leader? Please show how these have had a bearing on their

achievements this year.• What specific previous accomplishments did the entrant have that made them perfectly fitted to achieving this

success? For example, previous scientific or management experience.

4. Most Innovative Team or Innovator of the YearThis Award will recognize the medical technology team who have made significant contributions in the device and diagnostic space between June 1, 2018 and June 29, 2019. The judges will be looking to reward the high performing team that has been most successful in reaching its goals, adopted innovative working practices, achieved major milestones within expected timelines, and contributed to the advancement of medical technology for unmet medical needs.

To be eligible, the core project for the nominated team must be ongoing or completed during 2018/9.

Entrants must have played a role in the core project for the product.

To enter this category, please provide the following: • The company’s name, the team or individual being entered and basic details of its core project during 2018/9• What was the greatest achievement of the team or individual during the qualifying period? • How did the individual or members/functions of the team work together to achieve its goals?• How does the achievement contribute to advancing medical technology for unmet medical needs?• What innovative work practices has the team or individual adopted to drive success?• If you believe that this team or individual is particularly outstanding, but for reasons not covered in the

questions above, please give relevant details.

Criteria



5. Community Partnership of the YearThis award is designed to acknowledge the numerous ways in which medtech companies give back to the wider community. This could include outreach within a local community, with a charity or patient advocacy group, or alongside an NGO or humanitarian organization.

The judges will be looking for effective partnership activity that took place between June 1, 2018, and June 29, 2019, to the benefit of humankind. Types of partnerships could include, for example, patient and career support programs, educational programs or disease awareness campaigns or even a social media campaign that went viral.

To enter this category, please answer the following:• Please give the name of the entering company and the name of the partnership• Please outline the nature of the partnership being entered• What were the aims of the partnership?• What were the benefits of the partnership and how were they measured?

• What lessons were learned from the partnership and how might it be improved in future?

6. Best Proof-of-Value of an InnovationThis Award will recognize a company or division that has taken an innovative or creative approach to demonstrating the value of its product(s) to the health-care sector. Examples may include approaches to data collection, service offerings, digital capabilities, creative risk-sharing partnerships with providers or insurers, or other models that serve to demonstrate a products value to providers, patients and other health-care stakeholders between June 1, 2018 and June 29, 2019.

To enter this category, please provide the following: • The company’s name, the team being entered and basic details of the core project.• A description of the proof-of-value strategy, its intended outcomes and metrics. • How has the strategy achieved an outcome that would not have been possible if it had not been created?• What makes the strategy particularly novel?• How has the approach set a new model or benchmark for other products or markets? • If available, please provide documentation (URL) in support of the achievements described.

Criteria



7. Financing of the YearThis award seeks to reward successful and creative fundraising by medtech companies. The investment can come in a variety of guises from grants and public-private partnership deals to venture fundraising and public offerings.

In making their decision, the judges will scrutinize entrants on their fundraising strategy, amount raised, the structure of the deal, and on how the money will be used. This Award is open only to companies actually raising the funds (i.e., not bankers or agents). To be eligible, all financing must have been announced between June 1, 2018 and June 29, 2019.

To enter this category, please answer the following questions:• Please outline the form of the financing, how much money was raised (including how this compares with the

company’s capital base), and how close was this to meeting your fundraising objectives?• Please explain how this source of financing was best suited to your purposes.• Please describe how this fundraising was particularly creative. Has this set a precedent that has since been

repeated?• Did the funding succeed in other ways, such as bringing on board a new kind of investor?• How will the money be used?• Please give evidence of early value creation from the deal.

8. Dealmaker of the YearThis award seeks to recognize the company that was most adept at advancing its business through investment deals including M&A, strategic investments, licensing, distribution deals and other arrangements.

The entry can either highlight an individual deal that has a big impact on a company’s business or a series of deals that demonstrate astute strategy. For an individual fundraising deal, a company should submit in the Financing of the Year category (see above), but a fundraising could be one part of a package of deals that supports entry into the Dealmaker category. The activity highlighted should have be initiated or completed between June 1, 2018 and June 29, 2019.

To enter this category, please answer the following questions:• Identify specific acquisitions or other deals carried out during the entry period, and the basic details for each

deal, including size and rationale.• Explain how the activity supported your business model, enhanced your competitive advantage or brought your

business into new growth markets. • What made the deal or deal strategy stand out?• Can you provide early evidence of tangible impact or value creation from the activity?

Criteria



9. The In Vivo Award for Best Medtech Partnership/AllianceThis Award will be presented to two or more organizations whose joint activity has set a new benchmark in partnering activity. Partnerships could take place between multiple medical technology and/or pharmaceutical companies or between a medical technology company and a contract research organization, research institute, non-profit, or cooperative group.

To be eligible, the collaborative partnership activity in question must be ongoing or completed between June 1, 2018 and June 29, 2019.

Entrants must have played a role in the collaborative partnership activity, and all joint parties must be disclosed in the application.

To enter this category, please provide the following:• Provide the names of organizations involved and basic details of the partnership.• Why was the partnership novel?• How does this partnership set a new benchmark for other deals?• How has partnership achieved an outcome that would not have been possible if partnership had not been

created?• If available, please provide documentation (URL) in support of the achievements described.

Criteria



The Medtech Insight Awards prides itself on its Judging Panel, comprised of independent, senior industry experts from around the world, each chosen for their knowledge, objectivity and credibility.

The judges separately consider entries from those categories that are relevant to their areas of specialist knowledge, expertise and experience, ensuring a considered response to every individual submission. Each category is reviewed by at least three judges.

The chair of the Judging Panel reserves the right to cast any deciding vote, should the need arise. The judges’ decision is final and neither the organizers nor the Judging Panel will enter into any correspondence about the results. Details of the winners are strictly embargoed until the night but further details of all of the shortlisted entries will be listed on the awards website at www.pharmaintelligence.informa.com/mti_awards

How do the judges select the winners?



Entry rules

Entry Deadline: June 7, 2019

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Who can enter?The Medtech Insight Awards are open to any medical device, diagnostics, pharmaceutical or biotech company operating anywhere around the world, as well as to third-party/partner companies that supply services to the industry.

Entries are FREE of charge.

The rules• All entries must be written in English.• Limit your entry to 500-words. Anything over 500 words will not be judged.• All entries must be accompanied by a 100- word synopsis of the entry as you would like it to

appear on all publicity material (this is in addition to the 500-word entry).• All entries must be submitted via our online entry system.• All entries must be based on activities undertaken between June 1, 2018 and June 29, 2019.• Companies may enter more than one category, provided that each entry has been

specifically written to address the relevant criteria and is accompanied by a separate 100-word synopsis.

How to enter1. Select – your category.2. Complete – the online entry form answering all questions, explaining why you or your

company should be considered a winner this year. Please refer to the category criteria to guide your entry.

3. Submit – your entry at https://www.eventsforce.net/informabi/20/register and you will receive an automated submission receipt.

ConfidentialityInforma, organizer of the Medtech Insight Awards, recognizes and respects the sensitive nature of the information submitted in the entries. We ensure that this recognition is shared by our Judging Panel and therefore require each judge to sign a confidentiality agreement before they are appointed. Entries are not disclosed or discussed outside the judging process.

Once an entry is shortlisted, extracts from the entry summary only will be sourced for inclusion in the Awards ceremony and any subsequent editorial coverage.

Please ensure your entry summary contains no confidential or sensitive information. The Judging Panel for each Award is selected to avoid any conflict of interest.



FAQ

Q. How do I enter?A. It’s very simple. Ensure you have read the entry guidelines and category criteria. Decide which category/categories you wish to enter, and create your on-line account at https://www.eventsforce.net/informabi/20/register. Once you are ready click ‘Enter Now’, follow the onscreen instructions and submit your entry by clicking ‘Enter’.

Q. How much does it cost to enter?A. Entering the Medtech Insight Awards is FREE of charge.

Q. When is the entry deadline?A. Entries are being accepted until June 7, 2019.

Q. I am not sure which category our entry would fit into?A. If you are not sure which category your entry fits into, please contact Jo Kirkpatrick at [email protected] for further assistance.

Q. Can I enter the same submission into more than one category?A. We encourage entries in more than one category per individual or company, where appropriate; please ensure to review the category criteria and tailor your entry accordingly.

Q. I am a sponsor of the awards am I still able to enter?A. Yes you can enter the awards. And we would encourage this, however you are unable to enter the category you are sponsoring. But don’t worry there are plenty of other categories.

Q. How will I know whether my submission has been received?A. All submissions will be acknowledged by an automated email once you have submitted your entry. Our awards team will also get in touch with you again shortly before the entry deadline. If you have any concerns, please contact Jo Kirkpatrick at [email protected]

Q. How will I know if my submission has been successful?A. Following the judging all companies and individuals will be notified by email. Finalists will be announced on our website, www.pharmaintelligence.informa.com/mti_awards. If you are successful, you will also receive an email from us on what happens next.

Q. What do I get if I win?A. The Medtech Insight Awards are highly regarded within the industry and winning an award marks you out as a leader in your field. In addition to your trophy and a certificate of recognition you will receive a winner’s pack with additional details on publicizing your success.

Q. How can I ensure I’m at the ceremony for the networking?It’s essential to book your place at the event. Please contact Christopher Keeling at Tel: +44 (0)20 337 73183 or Email: [email protected] for information.

Q. Are there other ways I can get involved in the awards?A. Yes, there are many sponsorship opportunities available. Please contact Christopher Keeling at Tel: +44 (0)20 337 73183 or Email: [email protected] for information.


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JN2040 Medtech Awards 2019 Entry Guide - Informa · industry plays in advancing healthcare around the globe with new treatments and solutions. ... • How has the approach set a new