Facility of the Year Awards Program 2009
Jul 04, 2015
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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