PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Hepbildikler, Stefan AU - Nothelfer, Franz TI - Proceedings of the 2017 Viral Clearance Symposium - Introduction AID - 10.5731/pdajpst.2018.009076 DP - 2018 Jan 01 TA - PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology PG - pdajpst.2018.009076 4099 - http://journal.pda.org/content/early/2018/07/03/pdajpst.2018.009076.short 4100 - http://journal.pda.org/content/early/2018/07/03/pdajpst.2018.009076.full AB - This article introduces the white paper from the 2017 Viral Clearance Symposium. The 5th Viral Clearance Symposium 2017 in Penzberg, Germany, addressed regulatory perspectives presented by officials from Health Canada, FDA and PEI, as well as Upstream and Facility risk mitigation, Downstream unit operations, and viral clearance strategies to support novel molecule formats, accelerated scenarios and continuous processing.