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Preservative Efficacy Testing of Refrigerated Pharmaceuticals: Choice of Challenging Isolate and Storage Temperature

Seyed Sadeq Mousavi Ghahfarrokhi, Zeinab Zarei, Khadijeh Hamidian, Sepideh Nikrou, Mohammad-Reza Seidi, Hossein Jamalifar and Nasrin Samadi
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology May 2025, 79 (3) 285-294; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2024-003021.1
Seyed Sadeq Mousavi Ghahfarrokhi
1Department of Drug and Food Control, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
2Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance Research Center, The Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (TIPS), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; and
3Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran
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Zeinab Zarei
1Department of Drug and Food Control, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
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Khadijeh Hamidian
1Department of Drug and Food Control, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
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Sepideh Nikrou
1Department of Drug and Food Control, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
2Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance Research Center, The Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (TIPS), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; and
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Mohammad-Reza Seidi
1Department of Drug and Food Control, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
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Hossein Jamalifar
1Department of Drug and Food Control, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
2Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance Research Center, The Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (TIPS), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; and
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Nasrin Samadi
1Department of Drug and Food Control, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;
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