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About the PDA Letter

PDA Letter is PDA's membership magazine covering the science, technology, and regulation behind the manufacturing of sterile injectable pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical products. It also is the primary source of communication about PDA events, chapters, membership, training, and other important Association business.

PDA Letter is an electronic, English-only magazine. Legacy print editions can be found in in the “pdf archive” but as of 2021, PDA has ceased printing the magazine.

Quarterly Regional Editions are published, also.

Currently, two-to-three articles are uploaded to the website weekly on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and/or Thursdays. Two feature-length articles are published monthly.

The PDA Letter will be publishing the following articles on these topics in the upcoming months. This list is subject to change.

Month Subject Month Subject
January 2024 Regulatory July 2024 Contamination Control
February 2024 Annex 1 August 2024 Drug Shortages
March 2024 Annual Meeting September 2024 PDA/FDA Conference
April 2024 CDMO Workshop October 2024 Visual Inspection
May 2024 ATMPs November 2024 Pre-filled Syringe
June 2024 The Immergence of AI December 2024 Quality Management Maturity

Readers can sort PDA Letter articles by the following PDA-critical Article Categories:

  • People
  • Aseptic Processing & Sterilization
  • Biopharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
  • Manufacturing Science
  • Quality & Regulatory
  • Supply Chain

Interested Authors should by active PDA Members and carefully review the Submit page before submitting to PDA Letter.

An all-volunteer Editorial Committee assists PDA in choosing articles for publication. Every year, PDA needs new volunteers to help fill seats on the committee, so if you are interested send an email to [email protected].

 

PDA Letter Editorial Committee (PLEC)

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Walid El Azab
STERIS
Claire Briglia
Claire Briglia
Vedere Solutions
Cristiana Campa
Cristiana Campa
GSK
Subrata Chakraborty 
Subrata Chakraborty
GxPfont Consulting Group
Dave Exline 
Dave Exline
PDA Science Advisory Board
Michele Ford 
Michele Ford
Grifols Therapeutics
Tamer Helmy 
Tamer Helmy, PhD
Molecular Templates
Mauro Giusti 
Mauro Giusti
Senior Director, Parenteral Technical Knowledge President, PDA Italy Chapter
David Hubmayr
David Hubmayr
CSL Behring
Jason Kerr
Jason Kerr
Moderna
Brandon Perrone 
Brandon Perrone
Medexus Pharma, Inc.
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Cecilia Turoff
Pfizer
 

PDA Letter Staff

Justin Johnson 
Justin Johnson
Editor [email protected]
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Katja Yount
Publication Design Specialist
Walt Morris 
Walt Morris
Senior Director of Publishing and Press [email protected]