ISPE Announces 2025 Facility of the Year Awards (FOYA) Category Winners, Celebrating FOYA’s 20th Anniversary Year
FOYA Judges name six category winners plus two honorable mentions at the 2025 ISPE Europe Annual Conference in London, United Kingdom (UK).
LONDON, United Kingdom, 12 May 2025 – The International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) has announced the 2025 ISPE Facility of the Year category winners at the 2025 ISPE Europe Annual Conference .
FOYA celebrates two decades of recognizing excellence and innovation in pharmaceutical facilities worldwide in manufacturing facilities that serve the regulated healthcare industry. The award-winning projects were selected from a pool of impressive submission finalists and span the categories of Innovation, Operations, Pharma 4.0TM, and Social Impact.
The 2025 FOYA category winners exemplify innovation and excellence that continues to elevate the pharmaceutical industry. Their forward-thinking projects not only advance manufacturing standards and champion sustainability but also reflect a commitment to improving human lives around the world. These winners are setting new benchmarks for what’s possible in delivering both operational excellence and global impact.
Parag Sane
ISPE has announced the following 2025 FOYA category winners:
Touchlight
Categories: Innovation
Location: Hampton, London, UK
Project: Development and Manufacture of Novel Synthetic DNA to Enable the Future of Genetic Medicines
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Categories: Operations – Operational Excellence
Location: Latina, Italy
Project: Flexible Bottle Packaging Line
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Categories: Operations - Project Execution
Location: Ringaskiddy, Cork, Ireland
Project: BioCork 3.2 Expansion Project
CSL Behring
Categories: Pharma 4.0™
Location: Broadmeadows, Victoria, Australia
Project: Project Aurora - Facility F Base Fractionation
Bayer Healthcare LLC
Categories: Social Impact – Unmet Medical Needs
Location: Berkeley, California, USA
Project: Cell Therapy Launch and Manufacturing Facility
Sanofi
Categories: Social Impact – Sustainability Excellence
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Project: Building 99 - Wastewater Treatment and Recovery Plant (WWTRP)
Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
Categories: Honorable Mention
Location: Rangendingen, Germany
Project: Erbe 4.i
United Therapeutics
Categories: Honorable Mention
Location: Christiansburg, Virginia, USA
Project: Clinical Xenotransplantation DPF Facility
Innovation propels our industry forward. ISPE is committed to continuing to champion new ideas that are helping to shape the future of the industry. As the ISPE FOYA program celebrates its 20th anniversary year, we look forward to coming together for the 2025 FOYA Banquet and Awards Celebration to honor this year’s highly accomplished category winners and announce the overall 2025 FOYA winner.
Mike Martin
The 2025 FOYA Banquet and Awards Celebration will occur on Sunday, 26 October, during the 2025 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 26-29 October. All are welcome to register to join the prestigious black-tie event. The 20th-anniversary event will include speeches from award recipients, keynote sessions from industry leaders, and abundant opportunities to connect with manufacturing and engineering experts.
Learn more about the FOYA program
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. Visit ISPE.org/FOYA for more information.