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Creating a Holistic Extractables and Leachables (E&L) Program for Biotechnology Products
Kim Li, Gary Rogers, Yasser Nashed-Samuel, Hans Lee, Anthony Mire-Sluis, Barry Cherney, Ronald Forster, Ping Yeh and Ingrid Markovic
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology September 2015, 69 (5) 590-619; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2015.01073
Kim Li
1Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California, USA and
Gary Rogers
1Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California, USA and
Yasser Nashed-Samuel
1Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California, USA and
Hans Lee
1Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California, USA and
Anthony Mire-Sluis
1Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California, USA and
Barry Cherney
1Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California, USA and
Ronald Forster
1Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California, USA and
Ping Yeh
1Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California, USA and
Ingrid Markovic
2U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Washington, DC, USA

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PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
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Creating a Holistic Extractables and Leachables (E&L) Program for Biotechnology Products
Kim Li, Gary Rogers, Yasser Nashed-Samuel, Hans Lee, Anthony Mire-Sluis, Barry Cherney, Ronald Forster, Ping Yeh, Ingrid Markovic
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Sep 2015, 69 (5) 590-619; DOI: 10.5731/pdajpst.2015.01073
Creating a Holistic Extractables and Leachables (E&L) Program for Biotechnology Products
Kim Li, Gary Rogers, Yasser Nashed-Samuel, Hans Lee, Anthony Mire-Sluis, Barry Cherney, Ronald Forster, Ping Yeh, Ingrid Markovic
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Sep 2015, 69 (5) 590-619; DOI: 10.5731/pdajpst.2015.01073
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