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A Case Study to Address a Gap in the Device-to-Vial Interface Stopper Push-in by Chemo Spikes

Xia (Cathy) Zhao, Le Ho, Daniel Bantz, Doug Hostetler and Liang Fang
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology January 2019, 73 (1) 92-109; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2018.008664
Xia (Cathy) Zhao
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., 530 Herman O. West Drive, Exton, PA 19341
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Le Ho
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., 530 Herman O. West Drive, Exton, PA 19341
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Daniel Bantz
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., 530 Herman O. West Drive, Exton, PA 19341
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Xia (Cathy) Zhao, Le Ho, Daniel Bantz, Doug Hostetler, Liang Fang
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Jan 2019, 73 (1) 92-109; DOI: 10.5731/pdajpst.2018.008664
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