Facility of the Year Awards Program 2009

What is it?

The Facility of the Year Awards (FOYA) Program annually recognizes state-of-the-art pharmaceutical manufacturing projects utilizing innovative, new technologies both to improve product quality and reduce the cost of producing medicines.

Aim

FOYA recognizes the commitment of companies worldwide to innovate and advance pharmaceutical manufacturing technology.It aims to disemminate these innovations to the wider community.

The Facility of the Year Awards program is a truly global event with more than 20 countries represented in previous years.Winners have hailed from Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Japan, North America, and the UK.

FOYA Success

It is not about size or good looks – it’s about innovation; in 2006, a $5 million project received a FOYA Special Merit award.

Broad Scope

Eligibility

cGMP manufacturing-based projects with majority of funding and effort devoted to buildings, equipment systems, and manufacturing methodologies deployed to manufacture regulated pharmaceutical drug substances, drug products, and other commercial entities under the purview of global regulatory bodies.

2009 Eligibility

Any newly constructed free-standing facility, facility addition, or major interior renovation of an existing facility constructed between 1 November 2006 and 30 November 2008 is eligible.

Submission Criteria

Essential Requirements:• Personnel safety• Construction safety• Hazard control• Environmental impact• Energy management• Access for people with disabilities (if applicable)

Submission Criteria

Significant Contributions In:• Project Uniqueness and Innovation• Quality• Operational Excellence• Project Execution• Sustainability

Awards Categories

Awards are presented to winners in the following categories:

Process Innovation Project Execution Equipment Innovation Facility Integration Sustainability Operational Excellence

2008 Winners

Facility Integration: Böehringer Ingelheim, Biberach, Germany

Equipment Innovation: Bristol-Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Operational Excellence: IDT Biologika, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany

Process Innovation: Pfizer, Illertissen, Germany

Project Execution: F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Penzburg, Germany

Facility Integration

Flexibility across a broad variety of processes and batch sizes can be achieved, in a single facility, through creative use of building layout and zoning concepts. Multiple buildings are not necessary.

Böehringer Ingelheim

Equipment Innovation

Early- and late-stage clinical manufacturing and clinical scale-up can be delivered from the same facility

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Operational Excellence

Traditional and current vaccine technology can co-exist in the same facility

IDT Biologika

Process Innovation

Pfizer

A facility can be designed to achieve a Design Exposure Limit that does not require the use of PPE.

Project Execution

F. Hoffmann-La Roche

Through excellent planning and execution, all three drivers…cost, …cost, schedule, and quality,schedule, and quality, can be met.

Excellence

CongratulationsCongratulations to all of these outstanding project teams - the owners, service providers, vendors, suppliers, and contractors - for pushing the envelope in facility design and construction…and for giving the industry great lessons from which to learn.

You can’t win it if you’re not in it!You can’t win it if you’re not in it!

Your new or renovated facility could be a Your new or renovated facility could be a

Facility of the Year Award winner!Facility of the Year Award winner!

Participate

Intent to Submit Form Due 13 OctoberIntent to Submit Form Due 13 October

Next Steps

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