Gamma Sterilization of Pharmaceuticals—A Review of the Irradiation of Excipients, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, and Final Drug Product Formulations

Fatima Hasanain; Katharina Guenther; Wayne M. Mullett; Emily Craven

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Gamma Sterilization of Pharmaceuticals—A Review of the Irradiation of Excipients, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, and Final Drug Product Formulations

Fatima Hasanain, Katharina Guenther, Wayne M. Mullett and Emily Craven

PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology March 2014, 68 (2) 113-137; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2014.00955

Fatima Hasanain

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vol. 68 no. 2 113-137

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Fatima Hasanain,
Katharina Guenther,
Wayne M. Mullett and
Emily Craven

Nordion, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Corresponding Author: Nordion, 447 March Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2K 1X8. Tel: +1 613 592 3400 ext 2044, E-mail: Emily.Craven{at}nordion.com

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