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Burkholderia cepacia: This Decision Is Overdue
Lynn Torbeck, Diane Raccasi, Dennis E. Guilfoyle, Richard L. Friedman and David Hussong
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology September 2011, 65 (5) 535-543; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2011.00793
Lynn Torbeck
Diane Raccasi
Dennis E. Guilfoyle
Richard L. Friedman

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- Published online October 5, 2011.
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- 1Torbeck and Assoc., Evanston, IL;
- 2FDA/CDER/DMPQ/Microbiologist, Silver Spring, MD;
- 3U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Northeast Regional Laboratory, Jamaica, NY;
- 4CDER/US FDA, Silver Spring, MD; and
- 5Office of Pharmaceutical Science/CDER/US FDA, Silver Spring, MD
- ↵* Correspondence author: Division of Manufacturing and Product Quality, CDER/US FDA, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20903. E-mail: Rick.Friedman{at}fda.hhs.gov
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PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
Vol. 65, Issue 5
September/October 2011
Burkholderia cepacia: This Decision Is Overdue
Lynn Torbeck, Diane Raccasi, Dennis E. Guilfoyle, Richard L. Friedman, David Hussong
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Sep 2011, 65 (5) 535-543; DOI: 10.5731/pdajpst.2011.00793
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