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Parametric Release of Moist Heat Sterilized Products: History and Current State
Michael J. Sadowski and Stephen E. Langille
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology November 2022, 76 (6) 527-536; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2022.012740
Michael J. Sadowski
1Baxter Healthcare, Round Lake, IL 60073; and
Stephen E. Langille
2ValSource, Inc., Downingtown, PA 19335

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In This Issue
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
Vol. 76, Issue 6
November/December 2022
Parametric Release of Moist Heat Sterilized Products: History and Current State
Michael J. Sadowski, Stephen E. Langille
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Nov 2022, 76 (6) 527-536; DOI: 10.5731/pdajpst.2022.012740
Jump to section
- Article
- Abstract
- I. Introduction
- II. Definition and Origin of the Product Sterility Test
- III. Limitations and Shortcomings of the Product Test for Sterility
- IV. Case Study — Overreliance on Viability/Test for Sterility Results to Disposition Irradiated Anthrax Spores
- V. There Must Be a Better Approach — the History of the Parametric Release for Drug Products Terminally Sterilized with Moist Heat in the United States
- VI. Global Definitions of Parametric Release
- VII. Current Global Regulatory Status of Parametric Release
- VIII. Current State of Parametric Release—Summarized Results from PAT Moist Heat 2020 Survey
- IX. Use of Risk Assessment to Support Parametric Release Programs
- X. Summary/Conclusion
- Conflict of Interest Declaration
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Figures & Data
- References
- Info & Metrics
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