Frederick D. Simon Paper of the Year

Each year, PDA presents the Frederick D. Simon Award for the best paper published in the PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology. The award is named in honor of the late Frederick D. Simon, a former PDA Director of Scientific Affairs, and is presented to recipients at the PDA Annual Meeting.  

Below are the last ten award-winning papers. 

2023 Michael J. Sadowski and Stephen E. Langille Parametric Release of Moist Heat Sterilized Products: History and Current State
2022 Julian Lenger, Raimund Geidobler, Werner Halbinger, Ingo Presser, and Gerhard Winter 100% Control of Controlled Ice Nucleation Vials by Camera-Supported Optical Inspection in Freeze-Drying
2021 Liang Fang, Coralie Adele Richard, Galen Huaiqiu  Shi, Xia Dong, Marissa Rase, Tingting Wang  Physicochemical Excipient-Container  Interactions in Prefilled Syringes and Their  Impact on Syringe Functionality
2020 Marine Marius,  Frédéric Vacher, Thierry Bonnevay Comparison of Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate and Recombinant Factor C Assays for Endotoxin Detection in Four Human Vaccines with Complex Matrices
2019 Philippe Lam, Thomas W. Patapoff Split-Cakes, Still Delicious
2018 Aaron Hubbard, Thomas Roedl, Ada Hui, Stephanie Knueppel, Kirk Eppler, Siegfried Lehnert, and Yuh-Fun Maa Vapor Phase Hydrogen Peroxide Decontamination or Sanitization of an Isolator for Aseptic Filling of Monoclonal Antibody Drug Product—Hydrogen Peroxide Uptake and Impact on Protein Quality
2017 Christopher Timmons, Chi Yuen Liu, and Stefan Merkle Particulate Generation Mechanisms during Bulk Filling and Mitigation via New Glass Vial
2016 Patricia Cash, Stephan Krause, Sophia Levitskaya-Seaman, Maryam Mazaheri, Derek Murphy, and Roja Narwal Semi-Quantitative Analysis of Inherent Visible Particles for Biopharmaceutical Products
2015 Mayumi Bowen, Benson Gikanga, Ada Hui, Yuh-Fun Maa, Oliver B. Stauch, and Robert Turok Manufacturing of High-Concentration Monoclonal Antibody Formulations via Spray Drying—the Road to Manufacturing Scale
2014 Wendy Shieu, Sarah A. Torhan, Edwin Chan, Aaron Hubbard, Benson Gikanga, Oliver B. Stauch and Yuh-Fun Maa Filling of High-Concentration Monoclonal Antibody Formulations into Pre-Filled Syringes: Filling Parameter Investigation and Optimization