The William S. Hancock Award for Outstanding Achievements in CMC Regulatory Science

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Hancock Recipients

  • 2024 Wassim Nashabeh
  • 2023 Kathryn Stein
  • 2022 Robert Sitrin
  • 2021 No Award Given
  • 2020 Tony Lubiniecki
  • 2019 Tom Layloff
  • 2018 Robert Garnick
  • 2017 John Petricciani
  • 2016 Gene Murano
  • 2015 Takao Hayakawa
  • 2014 Kathryn C. Zoon
  • 2013 Yuan-yuan Chiu
  • 2012 Ken Seamon

William S. Hancock Award for Outstanding Achievements in CMC Regulatory Science

The Hancock Award recognizes outstanding and sustained contributions to the field of CMC regulatory science. Past recipients have been instrumental in enabling the availability of high-quality life-saving medicines derived from recombinant technology on a global basis. 


Nominate

The Vice President of the Board is designated as chair of the selection committee. Annually, he or she will select three board members to serve for that year. The committee will nominate individuals that meet the award citation requirements, and subsequently make a (unanimous) selection for endorsement by the CASSS Board by September of each year. 

If you would like to nominate an individual, please contact info@casss.org.

Eligibility

Eligible nominee's achievements should include significant contributions to the advancement of scientific principles, applied technologies, and/or science-based regulations in the areas of manufacturing process, technology development, characterization, analysis, and quality of biotechnology-derived pharmaceuticals.  

Current members of the CASSS Board of Directors are not eligible for nomination.

2024 William S. Hancock Award Recipient
 

Male holding a gold award with text 'Hancock Award Recipient Wassim Nashabeh'CASSS has honored Wassim Nashabeh, PhD with its prestigious William S. Hancock Award for Outstanding Achievement in CMC Regulatory Science. Nashabeh was announced as the 2024 honoree during the Symposium on the Interface of Regulatory and Analytical Sciences for Biotechnology Health Products (WCBP), held in Washington D.C. on January 23-25.

Read more about Nashabeh and his achievements here.