ISPE Announces 2024 Facility of the Year Awards Submission Finalists 

19 March, 2024

The 2024 Facility of the Year Awards (FOYA) submission finalists are announced at the 2024 ISPE Aseptic Conference, taking place in Vienna, Austria, and virtually. 

ISPE is pleased to announce the 2024 Facility of the Year Awards (FOYA) submission finalists that met the rigorous qualifications and requirements of the FOYA program.   

FOYA is the premier global awards program recognizing innovation and creativity in manufacturing facilities that ​​serve the regulated healthcare industry. The award-winning projects selected by the FOYA program demonstrate excellence in facility design, construction, and operations, setting the standard for pharmaceutical facilities of the future. Winners are recognized across the categories of Innovation, Operations, Supply Chain, Pharma 4.0™, and Social Impact.  

The announcement of ISPE's FOYA submission finalists is step one to recognizing and celebrating innovation in pharmaceutical manufacturing plant design and qualification. These facilities and the people that bring them to life ultimately transform patient lives. Our ultimate priority is to foster novel technologies and processes, accelerating the availability of transformational medicines to patient populations.


Finalists include: 

Beam Therapeutics

Categories for consideration: Innovation

Beam Therapeutics

Location: Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Project: Beam Cell & Gene Therapy Facility

Bristol Myers Squibb

Categories for consideration: Innovation, Operations, Supply Chain, & Social Impact

Bristol Myers Squibb

Location: Devens, Massachusetts, USA
Project: Devens Cell Therapy Facility

Chugai Pharma Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Categories for consideration: Social Impact

Location: Tokyo, Japan
Project:  UK4 Project 

Eli Lilly Kinsale Limited

Categories for consideration: Innovation, Operations, & Pharma 4.0

Eli Lilly Kinsale Limited

Location: Kinsale, Ireland
Project: IE2b

INCOG BioPharma Services

Categories for consideration: Innovation & Operations

INCOG BioPharma Services

Location: Fishers, Indiana, USA
Project: First to Flex 

Novartis Pharmaceutical Manufacturing GmbH

Categories for consideration: Innovation, Operations, & Pharma 4.0

Novartis Pharmaceutical Manufacturing GmbH

Location: Langkampfen, Austria
Project: BioFuture Plant1

OrchidPharma LTD

Categories for consideration: Operations

OrchidPharma LTD

Location: Tamilnadu, India
Project: Sterile API Manufacturing Facility (Phase - 27)

Pfizer Asia Pacific Manufacturing Ltd

Categories for consideration: Operations

Pfizer Asia Pacific Manufacturing Ltd

Location: Tuas, Singapore
Project: Pfizer API Facility Extension 

Takeda Austria GmbH

Categories for consideration: Operations

Takeda Austria GmbH

Location: Linz, Austria
Project: beePFS - Prefilled Syringe Filling 

Ultragenyx

Categories for consideration: Operations & Social Impact

Ultragenyx

Location: Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
Project: Vector Gene Therapy Manufacturing Facility 

United Therapeutics Corporation

Categories for consideration: Innovation & Social Impact

United Therapeutics Corporation

Location: Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Project: Lightyear 

Wheeler Bio

Categories for consideration: Innovation & Social Impact

Wheeler Bio

Location: The Ziggurat Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Project: The Ziggurat

Zydus Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Categories for consideration: Operations

Zydus Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Location: Gujarat, India
Project: Oral Solid Dosage Manufacturing Facility  

The 2024 FOYA category winners will be announced in person and virtually during the 2024 ISPE Europe Annual Conference on 16 April 2024, in Lisbon, Portugal. Category winners will also be formally recognized at the 2024 FOYA Banquet and Awards Celebration in Orlando, Florida, USA, on 13 October 2024. The banquet, which will take place in conjunction with the 2024 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo, will feature acceptance speeches from recipients, keynote sessions from industry leaders, and numerous opportunities to connect with experts in manufacturing and engineering.  

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About the ISPE Facility of the Year Awards Program 

Established in 2005, the Facility of the Year Awards (FOYA) recognize state-of-the-art projects utilizing new, innovative technologies to improve the quality of products, reduce the cost of producing high-quality medicines, and demonstrate advances in project delivery. The FOYA program provides a platform for the pharmaceutical science and manufacturing industry to showcase its accomplishments in facility design, construction, and operation, while sharing the development of new applications of technology and cutting-edge approaches. 

Learn More about FOYA