The Laguna Niguel winners

As they have every year for the past nine years, the biotech industry's CEOs gathered at Laguna Niguel in Southern California over the weekend to exchange ideas.

As part of the event, the CEOs voted to honor their peers for the previous year's outstanding achievements. Nominees are selected by the hosts of the meeting, G. Steven Burrill of Burrill & Craves and Brook Byers of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, together with The Biotech Meeting at Laguna Niguel Advisory Committee...