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USP's mission is to improve global health through public standards and related programs that help ensure the quality, safety, and benefit of medicines and foods.

A New Day, A New Look for USP!

A New Day, A New Look for USP!

Standards Updates

  • USP–NF
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  • Food Chemicals Codex

Review these updates to the USP–NF.

  • Three New Harmonized Monographs (26–Apr–2013)
  • Call for Candidates: USP Dietary Supplements Safety Modeling Expert Panel (26–Apr–2013)
  • USP Seeking Public Participation in Organic Impurities Survey (26–Apr–2013)
  • USP Seeking Public Participation in Residual Solvent Testing (26–Apr–2013)
  • Revisions, Deferrals, and Cancellations USP 36–NF 31, Second Supplement (26–Apr–2013)
  • Monograph Modernization List Updated (26–Apr–2013)
  • Pending Monographs Update (26–Apr–2013)
  • Errata Table Updated (29–Mar–2013)
  • First Excipients Stakeholder Forum Scheduled for June (22–Mar–2013)
  • Prescription/Nonprescription Stakeholder Forum Scheduled for June; Agenda Topics Sought (31–Jan–2013)

Review these updates to USP Reference Standards.

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

Review these updates to the Food Chemicals Codex.

  • FCC 8, Second Supplement Revisions and Commentary (01–Mar–2013)
  • Revision Bulletins to be Posted Bimonthly (31–Aug–2012)

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Food Fraud USP Reference Standard Milestone Achieved!
USP now offers more than 3,000 items to support testing and qualification of quality medicines, dietary supplements, and foods.


KEY ISSUES

Compounding

Heparin

USP–NF General Chapter <17> Prescription Container Labeling

Monograph Modernization

Elemental Impurities

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Pharmaceutical Packaging Workshop on Measuring Moisture Permeation
(10–Apr–2013)

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

Records in USP Food Fraud Database Increase (23–Jan–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 Product Quality Verification of Dietary Supplements
 

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Pharmaceutical Packaging Pharmaceutical Packaging: Moisture Permeation

May 20–21, 2013
Rockville, MD
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