Five pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities located in China, Germany, Japan, and the United States have been selected as Category Winners in the third annual Facility of the Year Awards competition sponsored by ISPE, INTERPHEX, and Pharmaceutical Processing magazine.

The companies and respective award categories include:
· Cook Pharmica, LLC, located in Bloomington, Indiana, USA, selected as winner of the Facility of the Year Award for Facility Integration
· Genentech located in Oceanside, California, USA, selected as winner of the Facility of the Year Award for Project Execution
· Shanghai Roche Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., located in Shanghai, China, selected as winner of the Facility of the Year Award for Project Execution Regional Excellence
· Taiyo Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd., located in Takayama City, Japan, selected as winner of the Facility of the Year Award for Equipment Innovation
· Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG located in Ravensburg, Germany, selected as winner of the Facility of the Year Award for Process Innovation

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The 2007 Facility of the Year Awards (FOYA) Category Winners are about to be announced…

Stay tuned…

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Need to learn more about bioprocessing and biotechnology? The 5th Annual Bioprocessing Institute, sponsored by both ISPE (The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering) and the Society of Bioprocessing Professionals (SBP), can give you the tools that you need and allow you to learn from and share insights with 60 bioprocessing professionals.

Participants can choose from nine courses with workshops, lectures, case studies, problem-solving sessions, hands-on learning, exhibits, and a plant tour, held 21-25 May 2007 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and feature both introductory and advanced courses directly applicable to biomanufacturing.

In addition, a Bioprocessing Overview will give an good solid foundation for managers, of technical, manufacturing and support groups new to biotechnology. 

“These courses provide the opportunity to learn from people who have been directly involved in the application of the bioprocessing principles in the development design and operation of biomanufacturing plants,” said Roger Brunkow, President of SBP and co-chairman of ISPE’s Biotechnology Community of Practice.

Information such as process and facility development, cell culture, separation technologies, purification, and processing scale-up, will be presented at a basic application level and in advanced workshops that build the understanding of problem solving behind the applications of scale-up and process development.

Benefits of attending this intensive Institute include: • Participation in small teams • Problem solving workshops • Teams compare and contrast the different approaches used • Cross functional teams to solve problems and apply knowledge • Case studies and panel discussions • Knowledge can be immediately applied in workshops • Workshop-focused approach where teams will develop a design package and funding requests.

For more details and on-line registration, please visit http://www.bioprocessingprofessionals.org/institute_intro.htm or call ISPE Customer Service at +1-813-960-2105.

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