June 2024 • PharmaTimes Magazine • 18-20

// PHARMATIMES AWARDS //

The first International Clinical Researcher of the Year Awards happened a long time ago – in a world that, let’s be honest, is only vaguely recognisable.

Let me put that into context – in 1999 Manchester City were playing against the likes of Gillingham in the third tier of English football, your cutting-edge mobile phone was the size of Albania, we were counting down to a millennium and not everything had the prefix ‘super’. Yep, things have changed.

There is, however, something undiminished and enduringly consistent about our awards – we’re still super-excited about global excellence in an area that remains the engine room for international health across all four corners of the globe.

And, thus, the heroes of ‘clin-rez’ made the pilgrimage to The Lancaster Hotel in London town and, indeed, all continents were joyously represented.

Meanwhile, hosting duties went to Dr Oscar, one of those casual slack-wearing tv docs who imparts advice to the nation from a quasi-living room TV set.

This recent notability has propelled him to PharmaTimes Awards presentation status, jollied along by the seasoned, inimitable and peerless Alan Dedicoat. Indeed, it was the ‘voice of the balls’ that averted linguistic chaos with his peerless pronunciation of our parade of winners.The first International Clinical Researcher of the Year Awards happened a long time ago – in a world that, let’s be honest, is only vaguely recognisable.

Let me put that into context – in 1999 Manchester City were playing against the likes of Gillingham in the third tier of English football, your cutting-edge mobile phone was the size of Albania, we were counting down to a millennium and not everything had the prefix ‘super’. Yep, things have changed.

There is, however, something undiminished and enduringly consistent about our awards – we’re still super-excited about global excellence in an area that remains the engine room for international health across all four corners of the globe.

And, thus, the heroes of ‘clin-rez’ made the pilgrimage to The Lancaster Hotel in London town and, indeed, all continents were joyously represented.

Meanwhile, hosting duties went to Dr Oscar, one of those casual slack-wearing tv docs who imparts advice to the nation from a quasi-living room TV set.

This recent notability has propelled him to PharmaTimes Awards presentation status, jollied along by the seasoned, inimitable and peerless Alan Dedicoat. Indeed, it was the ‘voice of the balls’ that averted linguistic chaos with his peerless pronunciation of our parade of winners.