BIOTECH BUILDERS AWARD.

Each year one exceptional individual receives the Biotech Builders award.
The award serves as a symbol of recognition and appreciation for individual driving forces within the industry who tackles challenges and overcomes obstacles, making significant contributions to Swedish Life Science. The winner of the Biotech Builders Award is announced and presented at the annual Biotech Builders event.

WINNER OF THE BIOTECH BUILDERS AWARD 2025

The winner of this year’s Biotech Builders Award is: Anna Sandström

Anna Sandström has been deeply committed to ecosystem creation linking policy, industry, academia and healthcare providers. She has over several decades held positions in several important organizations including AstraZeneca, funding bodies (Vinnova), academic boards (KTH, Max IV and the Drug Discovery and Development platform at SciLifeLab), liason roles within industry and industry organizations (e.g. SwedenBio). Anna’s work has had substantial impact on funding and workable policies for collaborative research and development in Sweden. Anna Sandström is a very worthy recipient of BiotechBuilders’ Award 2025.

Anders Tegnell (2023)
Former state epidemiologist, specialist in infectious diseases

Previous Award winners

Sara Mangsbo (2022)
University lecturer at the Department of Pharmacy, Immuno-oncology, Uppsala University

Lotta Ljungqvist (2019)
President and CEO of GE Nordic Region and CEO Testa Center, the BioProcess Innovation Center

Lena Söderström (2018), Carl Borrebaeck (2017), Mathias Uhlén (2016), Saeid Esmaeilzadeh & Ashkan Pouya (2015), Gunilla Lundmark (2014), Thomas Eldered (2013), Johan Malmqvist (2012), Hans Wigzell & Conny Bogentoft (2011), Elisabeth Lindner (2010), Torbjørn Bjerke (2009),

Johan Rockberg (2024)

Professor in Antibody Technology at KTH Royal Institute of Technology