Out of hundreds of entries received, 246 qualified candidates made it onto a longlist, which has now been whittled down to a shortlist of 56, featuring a dynamic mix of people, companies and ‘things’.

Winners of the awards, run by Burwell-based Cofinitive and supported by the Cambridge Independent, will be unveiled at an event at Arm on March 5.

Ruchi Sharma, of Stemnovate, on Babraham Research Campus, which is pioneering liver-on-chip technology and offers multi-organ drug screening and testing on reprogrammed human cells.

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