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Introduction to the Proposals from the Global Bioanalysis Consortium Harmonization Team

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Additional founding members: Surendra Bansal (F. Hoffmann-La Roche), Steve Lowes (Quintiles), Douglas Fast (Covance), and Eric Woolf (Merck & Co).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Janssen Research & Development, Turnhoutseweg, 30, 2340, Beerse, Belgium

    Philip Timmerman

  2. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Route 206 & Province Line Road, Princeton, New Jersey, 08543, USA

    Mark Arnold & Binodh DeSilva

  3. Algorithme Pharma, 575, Armand-Frappier Blvd, Laval, Quebec, Canada

    Fabio Garofolo

  4. Merck-Serono, Am Feld 32, 85567, Grafing, Germany

    Michaela Golob

  5. Abbott Healthcare Products, CJ van Houtenlaan 36, 1381CP, Weesp, Netherlands

    Peter van Amsterdam

  6. Shimadzu Shimadzu Techno-Research, 1, Nishinokyo-Shimoaicho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, 604-8436, Japan

    Shinobu Kudoh

  7. Alkem Laboratories Ltd., C-17/7, MIDC Industrial Estate, Taloja, Navi Mumbai, 410208, India

    Puran Singhal

  8. ICON Laboratory Services, Rm 703 A-B, Chong Hing Finance Center, No 288 Nanjing West Rd, Shanghai, 200003, China

    Daniel Tang

  9. CAEP Centro Avançado de Estudos e Pesquisas LTDA, Rua José Geraldo Cerebino Christófaro, 245, Campinas, SP, Brazil

    Maria Francesca Riccio

  10. Magabi, currently Eurofarma Laboratórios S.A, Rod. Castello Branco, km 35,6, Itapevi, SP, Brazil

    Rafael Barrientos

  11. Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Village Bhat, Gandhinagar, 382428, Gujarat, India

    Shrinivas Savale

  12. Keio University Faculty of Pharmacy, 1-5-30, Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Tatsuo Kurokawa

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Guest Editors: Binodh DeSilva and Philip Timmerman

Janssen Research & Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Algorithme Pharma, Merck-Serono, Abbott Healthcare Products, Shimadzu Techno-Research, Alkem Laboratories Ltd., ICON Laboratory Services, and CAEP Centro Avançado de Estudos e Pesquisas LTDA are present members of the GBC Steering Committee

Magabi and Keio University Faculty of Pharmacy are past members of the GBC Steering Committee

Philip Timmerman, Mark Arnold, Fabio Garofolo, and Peter van Amsterdam are also Founding Member

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Timmerman, P., Arnold, M., DeSilva, B. et al. Introduction to the Proposals from the Global Bioanalysis Consortium Harmonization Team. AAPS J 16, 1159–1161 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1208/s12248-014-9609-4

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