The Medicine Maker Covers the ISPE Facility of the Year Awards (FOYA) Program: Celebrating 20 Years of Innovation in Pharma Facilities
13 November, 2025
Each year, ISPE honors innovative and impactful pharmaceutical facilities through the ISPE Facility of the Year Awards (FOYA) program. In the article that follows, Scott Billman, Senior Vice President of Global Engineering, Technology, and Facilities with Solventum, Immediate Past Chair of the ISPE International Board of Directors, and a FOYA judge discusses:
- How Billman got involved with ISPE and became a FOYA judge
- How the award categories have evolved over time
- The process for awards selections and what’s involved in the judging
- Examples of what made some of the FOYA category winners stand out
- Trends in the category winners/entries
- Tips/insights for companies thinking about submitting a facility for FOYA award consideration
- What Billman sees as the potential future directions/for manufacturing/facilities
Submit a facility by 5 December for 2026 FOYA program consideration.
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