Ensuring the biologic safety of plasma-derived therapeutic Proteins: Detection, inactivation, and removal of pathogens

BioDrugs

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-96

  Cai, Kang ^a   Gierman, Todd M ^a   Hotta, JoAnn ^a   Stenland, Christopher J ^a   Lee, Douglas C ^a   Pifat, Dominique Y ^a   Petteway Jr , Steve R ^a  

^a BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CHOLIC ACID; FIBRIN GLUE; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MACROGOL; PLASMA PROTEIN; POLYSORBATE 80; TRITON X 100; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG SAFETY; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; TECHNOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DECONTAMINATION; DRUG CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 17644371021     PISSN: 11738804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00063030-200519020-00002     Document Type: Review

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