Adulterated and contaminated medicines pose an increasing risk to patients throughout the world, as do metal impurities which can find their way into drugs and dietary supplements through exposure from a variety of sources including foods, water and air. Learn more about how USP is working to help keep dangerous ingredients out of the U.S. market.

• Heparin Standards
  (updated 10/02/09)
• Glycerin Standards
  (updated 07/23/09)
• Propylene Glycol Standards,
  Sorbitol Solution and Sugar Alcohols Standards
  (updated 10/30/09)
• Elemental Impurities
  (updated 10/13/09)

Learn more about the value of USP public standards and key issues facing the USP Convention as it envisions a world where all citizens have access to high quality, safe, and beneficial medicines and foods. Read the white papers.

• Good Quality Medicines
• Compounded Medicines
• Safe Medication Use
• Dietary Supplements
• Drug Information
• Foods and Food Ingredients
• Quality Medicines in Developing Countries

• Public Campaign Warns Citizens of Dangers of Counterfeit Medicines in Cambodia and Greater Mekong Subregion
• Counterfeit Antimalarial Drug Discovered in Ghana with Aid of USP Drug Quality and Information Program 
• More USP resources on counterfeits 

• Growing Threat of Substandard and Counterfeit Medicines in Developing Countries Addressed by New USAID-USP Cooperative Agreement
• Quality of Medicines Advanced by Agreement between USP, Mexican Standards Body
• Lifetime Commitment to Public Health Recognized

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• USP Customer Days
• USP's quarterly newsletter, The Standard (Fall 2009)
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• USP Convention 2010: Call for Resolutions
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