OXON: Green Biologics, of Milton Park, was named Best Biotech Fundraiser at Oxfordshire Bioscience Network awards dinner, for raising £5m to commercialise its technology, one of the largest investment rounds for industrial biotechnology companies in Europe.

Other winners included Oxford Immunotec, named Best MedTech Fundraiser for drawing in £18m to market its TB test; and Millipore Biopharma Services, Best Biotech Dealmaker after buying Milton Park-based BioAnaLab, an Oxford University spin-out. Microbial Solutions, of Heyford, was named Best Early-Stage Biotech for its 30-tonne bioreactor to treat metal-working fluids. OrganOx was named Best Early-Stage Medtech for its medical device to preserve organs before transplant.

OBN started in Oxfordshire but now extends to cover the whole of the South East.