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The Pf Awards are an invaluable opportunity to network with like-minded individuals across the pharmaceutical industry! The reason I get involved year after year is to experience first-hand the passion and dedication of the participants on the cutting edge of pharmaceuticals, and be able to support them with written feedback. It gives us as judges the opportunity to really understand the challenges that the participants face across the industry, and most importantly to see participants shine when discussing topics that are so close to their hearts! I can’t wait to see how the Pf awards and the participants continue to evolve in the coming years.

Pf awards continue to be a fabulous opportunity for companies to showcase the amazing work they do and to recognise the exceptional talents of the people who make them successful. I have been privileged to take part in,and attend previous Pf awards and have always found it an inspirational experience.

I love being involved in the Pf awards and seeing the innovation and creativity its finalists demonstrate in their projects. It inspires me to see how individuals, teams and organisations work together to challenge boundaries and develop new innovative approaches to deliver success and differentiate themselves.

I would strongly recommend any employer engage with the Pf Awards. It’s an industry-leading platform to showcase the individual and team talent that an organisation has. We’ll be back in 2021 for sure!

Although I found the Pf Awards Assessment Day challenging, I found it really enjoyable and maybe this came across on the day. I especially liked the presentation where I could look back on my greatest achievement and get to be proud and show the assessors how I achieved it.

The calibre of the entrants was very high and I thought that being in the final assessment stage was quite an achievement in itself. I felt we were genuinely a strong team and had a good chance but being up against the best from other pharma companies, it was always going to be a complete surprise.

I was taken aback because I didn’t expect the Payer Engagement Award winner announcement to be up first, then to get shortlisted and then to hear my name being called was a shock really – it didn’t seem real! What was lovely though was that my phone started to ping with messages from other Novartis colleagues who hadn’t entered the Pf Awards, but were following on Twitter, which was unexpected support and hugely appreciated. I was even more shocked to discover my name being called out for the winner of the Outstanding Performer Award at the end, as I had not realised this was a category! It feels like a great achievement and I feel very proud to work for Novartis.