Distribution of silicone oil in prefilled glass syringes probed with optical and spectroscopic methods

PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-158

  Wen, Zai Qing ^a   Vance, Aylin ^a   Vega, Fabian ^a   Cao, Xiaolin ^a   Eu, Bruce ^a   Schulthesis, Robert ^a  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug delivery device; Interference reflectometry; Prefilled glass syringe; Protein formulation; Raman microscope; Silicone oil; Zebra schlieren

Indexed keywords

SILICONE OIL; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; PREFILLED GLASS SYRINGE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SYRINGE; CHEMISTRY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY;

MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SILICONE OILS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SYRINGES;

EID: 68349084595     PISSN: 10797440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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