Bethesda, Md.
The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering announced the category winners for 2018 ISPE Facility of the Year Awards in March of 2018. The awards include:
- BioMarin Pharmaceutical is the winner of the Project Execution award for Project FAITH, which entailed transforming a facility with basic infrastructure in Novato, Calif., into an advanced gene manufacturing plant in just 14 months.
- Shire won the Facility Integration award for the construction of Building 8, a 120,000-sf purification facility in Los Angeles. Superior planning and the application of innovative design practices led to the successful integration of the new facility into an existing operational campus.
- The Operational Excellence award went to Shire’s Quality Control Lab in Los Angeles. This project addressed the development and operational startup of a next-generation quality control lab to meet the increasing global demand for plasma-derived therapies.
- Vetter Pharma-Fertigung is the winner of the Facility of the Future award for the optimization of pharmaceutical processes at the Center for Visual Inspection and Logistics in Ravensburg, Germany. The project features a significant number of unique solutions, including flexible space utilization options and the expansion of the site to address customer needs.
- The Sustainability Category was awarded to Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Pfizer, for the Pfizer Consumer Health manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China. Project Diamond implemented a holistic approach to sustainability that exceeds the application of Good Engineering Practices.
- Emergent BioSolutions received an honorable mention for its BARDA Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing in Baltimore. The facility represents a strategic partnership between industry and government to enable a rapid response to significant public health threats.
- An honorable mention was also given to Thailand’s Government Pharmaceutical Organization for its success in applying Quality by Design principals and international best practices at Rangsit Pharmaceutical Production Plant 1 in Pathumthani.
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