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Container Closure Integrity Testing - Practical Aspects and Approaches in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Helen Brown, Hanns-Christian Mahler, James Mellman, Alejandra Nieto, Daniel Wagner, Matthias Schaar, Roman Mathaes, Juergen Kossinna, Franz Schmitting, Sascha Dreher, Holger Roehl, Markus Hemminger and Klaus Wuchner
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology October 2016, pdajpst.2016.006999; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2016.006999
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pdajpst.2016.006999
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2016.006999
PubMed 
27789803

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Parenteral Drug Association (PDA)
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1079-7440
Online ISSN 
1948-2124
History 
  • Received June 22, 2016
  • Accepted September 18, 2016
  • Published online October 27, 2016.

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  1. Helen Brown1 (helen.brown.hb1{at}roche.com),
  2. Hanns-Christian Mahler2 (hanns-christian.mahler{at}lonza.com),
  3. James Mellman3 (james.mellman{at}novartis.com),
  4. Alejandra Nieto1 (alejandra.nieto-pena{at}roche.com),
  5. Daniel Wagner4 (daniel.wagner{at}sanofi.com),
  6. Matthias Schaar3 (matthias.schaar{at}novartis.com),
  7. Roman Mathaes2 (roman.mathaes{at}lonza.com),
  8. Juergen Kossinna3 (juergen.kossinna{at}novartis.com),
  9. Franz Schmitting5 (franz.schmitting{at}abbvie.com),
  10. Sascha Dreher1 (sascha.dreher{at}roche.com),
  11. Holger Roehl1 (holger.roehl{at}roche.com),
  12. Markus Hemminger1 (markus.hemminger{at}roche.com) and
  13. Klaus Wuchner6,7 (kwuchne1{at}its.jnj.com)
  1. 1 Roche;
  2. 2 Lonza;
  3. 3 Novartis;
  4. 4 Sanofi;
  5. 5 Abbvie;
  6. 6 Janssen R&D
  1. ↵* Corresponding author; email: kwuchne1{at}its.jnj.com

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