2026 Facility of the Year Award Winners

Eli Lilly and Company Location: Concord, North Carolina, USA Project: Lilly Concord Eli Lilly and Company’s Concord manufacturing site represents an unprecedented achievement in modern pharmaceutical project delivery. As...
Hepalink Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. Location: Shenzhen, China Project: Shenzhen Hepalink Pingshan New Pre-filled Syringe Manufacturing Facility Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. has been recognized for...
Sanofi S.A. Location: Neuville-sur-Saône, France and Tuas, Singapore Project: Modulus Sanofi’s Modulus twin facilities represent a paradigm shift in vaccine and biologics manufacturing. Conceived as a response to the...
Bayer AG Location: Leverkusen, Germany Project: SOLIDA-1 The SOLIDA-1 facility is a next-generation pharmaceutical manufacturing plant that redefines industry standards in modularity, adaptability, digitalization, and...
BSP Pharmaceuticals SpA Location: Latina, Italy Project: An integrated state-of-the-art site for antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), drug substance (DS), and drug product (DP), from investigational new drug (IND) to...
Bayer AG Location: Leverkusen, Germany Project: SOLIDA-1 While traditionally, FOYA winning facilities highlight either breakthrough manufacturing platforms or mature operating sites with multi-year performance history...
AstraZeneca Location: Rockville, Maryland, USA Project: Commercial Cell Therapy Facility The AstraZeneca Commercial Cell Therapy Facility in Rockville, Maryland is a 105,000 square foot, three-story, fully electrified...
Takeda Location: Vienna, Austria Project: AHEAD (Advanced Heat Pump Demonstrator) Project AHEAD (Advanced Heat Pump Demonstrator) is a flagship sustainability and innovation project at Takeda’s Vienna manufacturing site...
Chugai Pharma Manufacturing Co, Ltd. Location: Fujieda City, Japan Project: FJ3 Project This 2026 ISPE FOYA Honorable Mention recognizes the FJ3 Project at Chugai Pharma Manufacturing’s Fujieda site, a technically...
FUJIFILM Biotechnologies Location: Holly Springs, North Carolina, USA Project: Galaxy Project FUJIFILM Biotechnologies invested in a large-scale, next-generation biologics manufacturing facility in Holly Springs, North...