RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Proceedings of the 2017 Viral Clearance Symposium - Introduction JF PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology JO PDA J Pharm Sci Technol FD Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) SP pdajpst.2018.009076 DO 10.5731/pdajpst.2018.009076 A1 Hepbildikler, Stefan A1 Nothelfer, Franz YR 2018 UL http://journal.pda.org/content/early/2018/07/03/pdajpst.2018.009076.abstract 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.