Who can enter the PM Awards?
You must have a PM Society corporate membership to enter these Awards. If you would like to become a member of the PM Society simply join now. If you are unsure whether you or your company are a member of the PM Society, email contact@pmsociety.org.uk and we’ll be happy to help.
Entries for the PM Awards may be submitted by any domestic, regional or global organisations of the following types:
- Communication company working in healthcare (eg creative, medical communications, market access, PR, medical education)
- Pharmaceutical, biotech or life sciences company
- Patient organisation or body
- Professional association
- Healthcare charity
- Healthcare provider (eg NHS, Bupa, CMU)
- Technology or software company operating in the healthcare space
- Other healthcare company or agency
What work is eligible?
We welcome entries that support the following products and areas of health communications:
- Pharmaceutical – Prescription medicines
- Pharmaceutical – Over the counter medicines
- Health or Medical Charity – Patient support, disease awareness
- Medical Devices including digital therapeutics classified as medical devices (digital therapeutics must have a CE mark and/or UKCA mark, in addition to being GDPR UK compliant and meeting Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) requirements)
- Dentistry
- Aesthetics
Veterinary Health and product-related entries cannot be accepted.
Work highlighting a social, environmental or political issue is not eligible unless there is a significant health or medical component.
Eligible Dates
Entries must have been active, online or in use at some stage between the 18th October 2025 and 17th October 2026.
Material entered into the PM Society Awards 2026 will NOT be accepted unless forming a small part of a new campaign.
Any questions regarding eligibility please contact our Awards Manager, Lorna Milner
Language and markets
Programmes or campaigns aimed exclusively at overseas markets only (i.e. non-UK) must be supplied in an English language version with relevant metrics/performance indicators. They will be judged in exactly the same way as UK programmes. All entries, where applicable, must comply with the ABPI Code of Practice or, for overseas material, the appropriate national or regional code.
Can I enter a project that has been entered before?
Campaign extensions (or entering projects that have been entered before)
Entries which are extensions of a previously entered campaign must, in the opinion of the steering group and judges, be noticeably different from previous executions.
If you entered last year, whether successfully or unsuccessfully, you cannot simply enter the same project again.
If you have any eligibility queries, please contact our Awards Manager, Lorna Milner
How many categories can I enter?
There is no limit to the number of entries from a single company, however any project with the same creative idea, or its constituent parts, may be entered into a maximum of FOUR categories.
If you have a question please contact our Awards Manager, Lorna Milner