Awards

 

World Entrepreneur of the Year Academy 2010
On June 5th, 2010 Prof. Andrea Pfeifer was inducted into the World Entrepreneur Of The Year Academy.
BBC Radio 4 Interview - Global Business - Peter Day with Prof. Andrea Pfeifer
AC Immune Company Portrait (click to watch the video)

Prof. Andrea Pfeifer - CEO of AC Immune - awarded Swiss Life Sciences/High-Tech Entrepreneur of the Year 2009®
Ernst &Young awarded Prof. Andrea Pfeifer the Entrepreneur of the Year® 2009 Switzerland in the category Life Sciences/High-Tech recognizing her personal qualities and the successful development of the thriving biopharmaceutical company. The intensive competition has been conducted annually in Switzerland since 1998 as part of Ernst & Young’s global program evaluating businessmen and women for their exceptional entrepreneurial achievements. The 2009 Swiss awards were given at a gala event held on the Novartis Campus in Basel. 
 Interview with Prof. Andrea Pfeifer

AC Immune recognized as Technology Pioneer 2009 by the World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum has elected AC Immune as Technology Pioneer 2009 for its accomplishments as an innovation leader and for its breakthrough technologies that can have a deep impact on business and society. The award was given for the development of technological innovations with a potential for long-term impact on business and society as well as for its visionary leadership and its potential for developing into a long-standing market leader with proven technologies. AC Immune is honored to have been elected as Technology Pioneer 2009 and has consequently initiated the first global Alzheimer´s Disease Initiative.
Technology Pioneer 2009 - Interview with Prof. Pfeifer, CEO of AC Immune

Prof. Pfeifer is  an elected member of the 2011/2012 WEF Global Agenda Council "Brain and Cognitive Sciences". Please find the report here.

Other Awards

Fierce Biotech Andrea Pfeifer one of 10 Top Women in Biotech 2012
Fierce Biotech One of Fierce 15 best private Biotech Companies 2012
Ernst & Young Switzerland
Entrepreneur of the Year®
Finalist, High-Tech and LifeSciences
Switzerland
2008
Cash Top 50 Selection of most promising Companies 2006
Red Herring European Top 100 Selection of most promising Tech Companies 2006
Cash Private Equity Top 10 Selection of best Start-ups in Switzerland 2004
Cash Enterprise Top 10 Selection of Entrepreneurial Spirit 2003