USP is dedicated to helping improve global health through standards setting in compounding, biologics, pharmaceutical manufacturing and other fields.

Learn about the U.S. Pharmacopeia's mission and activities including our reference materials, scientific standards and contributions to global health.

2015年8月4日 · FACT: USP is the only independent, not-for-profit, nongovernmental pharmacopeia in the world. USP sets quality, purity, strength, and identity standards for medicines, food ingredients, and dietary supplements.

Recognized globally, USP Standards accelerate the pharmaceutical drug development process and increase confidence in the accuracy of analytical results. USP Standards are built on deep science, provide a high degree of analytic rigor and are accepted by regulators around the world.USP Standards support every stage of drug development and manufacturing, saving …

A robust and trusted pharmacopeia provides industry, medical practitioners, and regulatory stakeholders with information and tools along with education and training opportunities. As standards are created and revised, it is important for a pharmacopeia to guide and support stakeholders’ adoption of those standards. Because positive

A monograph is a written document that reflects the quality attributes of medicines approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (US FDA). Some of these attributes include: Identity - Tests to identify that a particular substance is the medicine that it claims to be.

2014年8月7日 · In 1820, a group of physicians concerned about the quality and consistency of medicines published the first United States Pharmacopeia (USP), which contained formulas for the preparation of 217 drugs considered to be the “most fully established and best understood” at …

Dietary Supplements Compendium. The annually updated Dietary Supplements Compendium (DSC) provides access to in-depth, comprehensive information for all aspects of quality in dietary supplements, including research and development, quality control, quality assurance, and regulatory/compendial affairs. Information on ingredient safety and intake level reviews …

The United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is a nonprofit scientific organization founded in 1820 in Washington, D.C., that develops and disseminates public compendial quality standards for medicines and other articles (Bylaws, Articles II, and VII).

Impurities detected in drug products already on consumer shelves can trigger drug recalls and prompt regulatory actions. In a recently released analysis of US FDA reported drug recall data (2012-2023), the most frequent cause of recalls was found to be impurities and contaminants. 1