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A Rapid Sterility Method Using Solid Phase Cytometry for Cell-Based Preparations and Culture Media and Buffers

Mahsa Mohammadi, Aline Bauer, David Roesti and Hans-Joachim Anders
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology November 2023, 77 (6) 498-513; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2022.012775
Mahsa Mohammadi
1AS&T/QC support, NTO, Cell & Gene Therapies, Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Schaffhauserstrasse, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland;
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Aline Bauer
2Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland;
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David Roesti
3MS&T, NTO, Large Molecules, Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Schaffhauserstrasse, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland; and
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Hans-Joachim Anders
4AS&T Microbiology, NTO, Large Molecules, Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Schaffhauserstrasse, CH-4332 Stein, Switzerland
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