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Need for New Technologies for Detection of Adventitious Agents in Vaccines and Other Biological Products

Laurent Mallet and Lucy Gisonni-Lex
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology November 2014, 68 (6) 556-562; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2014.01012
Laurent Mallet
1Sanofi Pasteur, Product Conception and Development, Marcy L'Etoile, France; and
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2Sanofi Pasteur, Analytical Research and Development North America, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
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Laurent Mallet, Lucy Gisonni-Lex
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