Jack Neill-Hall, Director of Communications, ABPI, Dawn Connelly, Senior Features Editor, The Pharmaceutical Journal, Sian Williams, Awards Host

The MJA welcomed The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) as sponsor of the Editor of the Year category in our 2024 Awards.

In 2024 Editor of the Year was awarded to Dawn Connelly of The Pharmaceutical Journal, the judges said: This editor delicately balances the bread-and-butter topics of daily importance to readers’ lives with original, investigative reporting on subjects of wider public importance. They use FOI effectively to find, develop and tell consequential stories of public finance and patient impact. And expertly edit complex stories that have the potential to be dry into fascinating reads – stories told well in spare and clear language, marshalling evidence effectively.

Hear what Jack Neill-Hall, Director of Communications, ABPI said about the importance of health and medical journalism at the MJA Awards Ceremony.

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)

The ABPI exists to make the UK the best place in the world to research, develop and access medicines and vaccines to improve patient care.

We represent companies of all sizes which invest in making and discovering medicines and vaccines to enhance and save the lives of millions of people around the world. 

In England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, we work in partnership with governments and the NHS so that patients can get new treatments faster and the NHS can plan how much it spends on medicines. Every day, our members partner with healthcare professionals, academics and patient organisations to find new solutions to unmet health needs. www.abpi.org.uk

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