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Standards on the Frontlines: Responding to public health …

WEBVulnerabilities or disruptions to the global medicine supply chain (including drug shortages) continue to make headlines. For more than 200 years, governments, manufacturers and …

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Global Health Quality Matters U.S. Pharmacopeia Blog

WEBStrengthening the medicine supply chain is a global imperative and one to which USP has long been committed. Our efforts to help strengthen the medicine supply …

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Improving Health Literacy: USP Pictograms

WEBConsistent with USP’s mission to improve global public health, Pictograms improve health literacy—empowering patients to make informed choices about …

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World Health Assembly: Building a medicines supply …

WEBHundreds of global public health experts converged in late May 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland for the 76th meeting of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the …

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Essential elements of a strong, global medicines supply …

WEBThe U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) has long been recognized as an international leader in medicines quality and supply chain integrity. In 2017, the Asia-Pacific …

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Caring for COVID-19 patients – Will we have access to …

WEBAs the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, each day brings to light new realizations of just how interconnected, and sometimes vulnerable, the global supply …

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Omnibus Spending Law: Provisions Will Bolster

WEBInvestments to create a more resilient medicines supply chain and prepare for future public health emergencies are among key provisions of the mammoth $1.7 …

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Innovating for Individual Care: The Impact of USP on …

WEBIn 2022, personalized medicines (PM) made up more than 34% of new therapeutics approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). PM is defined by the …

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The Human Impact of Counterfeit and Substandard …

WEBWhen discussing counterfeit and substandard medicines, it can be easy to focus on sweeping statistics and large numbers: an estimated 700,000 annual deaths …

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Implementing regulatory reforms and investing in supply chain

WEBOver the past three years, the COVID-19 pandemic made long-standing medical product supply chain vulnerabilities even more obvious, including the potential …

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How medicine quality affects antimicrobial resistance and the …

WEBUSP’s Naiffer Romero has teamed up with researchers at LHASA Limited, AstraZeneca, Sai Life Sciences and Merck for collaborative research on nitrosamines …

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Q&A: Building a More Resilient Medicines Supply Chain

WEBAbout The Consortium: The Duke-Margolis Drug Supply Chain and Advanced Manufacturing Consortium works to identify effective policy solutions that …

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Drivers of global health impact in 2024 Quality Matters U.S

WEBNational quality control laboratories protect patients from poor-quality medicines, build trust, and improve public health. In 2024, continued efforts to …

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Protecting patients from substandard and falsified medicines

WEBSubstandard and falsified (SF) medical products remain one of the most significant public health concerns at national, regional, and global levels, and post …

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Compendium, compendia, compendial: Clearing up the mystery of …

WEBIn conversations about the role of quality standards in public health, you might come across the words “compendia” and “compendial.” At USP, terms like …

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What is a Pharmacopeia

WEBIn 1820, a group of physicians concerned about the quality and consistency of medicines published the first United States Pharmacopeia (USP), which contained …

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Public Standards Promote and Protect Public Health

WEBLast year, we witnessed growing interest in consumer health and wellness products that were trending on social media. The rise of third-party online shopping …

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Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs Protects Healthcare Workers …

WEBBy Patricia C. Kienle, RPh, MPA, FASHP Director of Accreditation and Medication Safety, Cardinal Health Innovative Delivery Solutions; Chair of USP’s Expert …

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Good distribution practices require coordination, collaboration, …

WEBWhen it comes to good distribution practices (GDPs) for medical products, patient safety is the highest priority, panelists affirmed during an April 26 session of the …

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