USP in the News

Below are links to news stories in which USP appeared. Please note, you may be directed to an outside web page.

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• Waging War on Deadly Fake Drugs in West Africa
  NBC News/The Grio (4/5/2013)—USP’s Patrick Lukulay on counterfeit and substandard medicines in Africa and how USP’s work will help combat them through the new Center for Pharmaceutical Advancement and Training.
• Voices of Leadership: A Q&A with Desmond Hunt, U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention
  Healthcare Packaging (4/1/2013)—Interview with USP’s Desmond Hunt on standards for packaging and labeling of pharmaceuticals.
• Analyzing Botanical Dietary Supplements
  Chemical & Engineering News (3/18/2013)—USP’s Gabriel Giancaspro on USP’s Dietary Supplements Compendium and how it can be used to identify the true nature of botanicals.
• USP Hits Milestone with 3,000th Reference Standard
  Nutra-Ingredients USA (3/6/2013)—Article reports on the achievement of 3,000 USP Reference Standards.
• Russian Lab Achieves ISO Accreditation
  PharmTech.com (3/5/2013)—Article describes USP’s role in helping a medicines control laboratory in Russia receive ISO accreditation.
• Vitamin D Doses Often Don't Match Labels, Study Says
  USA Today (2/11/2013)—USP’s John Atwater discusses standards for Vitamin D supplements in this article, which also recommends that consumers look for the USP Verified Mark when purchasing dietary supplements.
• Biocon's Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on US Pharma Body Board
  Business Standard (1/25/2013)—Article on USP’s new board member, Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.
• EXCLUSIVE: Group Finds More Fake Ingredients in Popular Foods
  ABC News (1/22/2013)—Broadcast news feature and article detail new additions to the USP Food Fraud Database.
• F.C.C. Revisions Proposed for Steviol Glycosides, Caffeine
  Food Business News (1/2/2013)—Proposed FCC standards for various food ingredients is the focus of this article.