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  • Elemental Impurities Key Issue Page Updated: Implementation Advisory Group Formed (07–Jun–2013)
  • USP 36–NF 31, Second Supplement Commentary (03–Jun–2013)
  • List of Revised Titles in the Description and Solubility Reference Table of USP 36–NF 31 2S (03–Jun–2013)
  • New Key Issue Page on Standards for Veterinary Drugs Launched (31–May–2013)
  • Reagent PDFs and Errata PDFs Online for USP 36–NF S2 (31–May–2013)
  • Seven New Revision Bulletins (31–May–2013)
  • Three New Interim Revision Announcements (31–May–2013)
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  • Elemental Impurities Key Issues Page Updated with Implementation FAQs (29–May–2013)
  • Implementation Deferred for General Chapters <232> Elemental Impurities—Limits and <233> Elemental Impurities—Procedures (24–May–2013)

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  • Reference Standards Under Development List Updated (04–Jan–2013)
  • New USP Reference Standards (December 2012)
  • Updated Dissolution Performance Verification Testing (PVT) (January 2012)

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  • FCC 8, Second Supplement Revisions and Commentary (01–Mar–2013)
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Herbal Medicines Compendium New—The Herbal Medicines Compendium (HMC), published by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention, is a freely available, online resource that provides standards for herbal ingredients used in herbal medicines.
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New Compendium Offers Freely Available Testing Standards to Help Ensure the Quality of Herbal Ingredients Used in Traditional Medicines (20–May–2013)

Center for Pharmaceutical Advancement and Training Opens in Ghana (13–May–2013)

Read the Latest Edition of The Standard (Spring 2013)

Anti-tuberculosis Medicine Achieves WHO Prequalification (07–Feb–2013)

New Labeling Requirement for Heparin (05–Nov–2012)

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User Forum Manitoba User Forum Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

June 20, 2013
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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ProCe Prescription/Non-Prescription Stakeholder Forum Meeting #4–Date Changed
June 27, 2013
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Review of Current Practices and Futuristic Thinking Review of Current Practices and Futuristic Thinking on
In vitro Testing and Technologies for OINDPs
September 9–10, 2013

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