Quality Matters | U.S. Pharmacopeia Blog

// November 11, 2022

Latest nitrosamines recall spotlighting need to control pharmaceutical impurities ...

The recent announcement of a recall of two lots of the hypertension medication Quinapril and Hydrochlorothiazide from the U.S.

Mrunal Jaywant

Supply Chain

// August 22, 2022

How extreme weather thousands of miles away can affect your medicines ...

Countries around the world continue to be impacted by record breaking climate events. Extreme weather has impacted major hubs where U.S. medicine is made, including India, China and Italy.

Vimala Raghavendran

Supply Chain

// November 10, 2022

Drug Manufacturing Innovation: Building In Quality From the Start with USP...

Advanced manufacturing technologies such as pharmaceutical continuous manufacturing (PCM) are gaining increasing stakeholder interest for their potential to improve global health by bolstering medicines supply chain resilience.

Dennis Hall

Medicines

// November 11, 2022

Latest nitrosamines recall spotlighting need to control pharmaceutical impurities ...

The recent announcement of a recall of two lots of the hypertension medication Quinapril and Hydrochlorothiazide from the U.S.

Mrunal Jaywant

Healthcare

// March 08, 2022

mRNA Vaccines: Your Questions Answered

Thanks to the vaccines developed to fight the pandemic, mRNA, specifically mRNA vaccines, has become a topic of public interest. Non-scientists want to understand what mRNA vaccines are, how they work and whether they should trust them.

USP Staff

Supply Chain

// February 24, 2022

Advanced manufacturing technology: Reducing barriers to adoption...

We need to reduce the barriers to adoption of advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) like pharmaceutical continuous manufacturing (PCM).

Joseph Hill

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// May 24, 2018

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// May 24, 2018

Poor quality medicines and drug resistance

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// May 24, 2018

Quality medicines and sub-Saharan Africa

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// October 31, 2022

Updated Compounding Standards Help Advance Quality and Support Patient Safety ...

Quality should be built into the entire drug product lifecycle – including the manufacturing and production process – to help protect patient safety and build trust in medicines. The same is true for compounded medicines.

Jaap Venema

Dietary Supplements

// October 21, 2022

Choose Wisely: Quality Matters When It Comes to Recommending a Dietary Supplement...

Millions of Americans take dietary supplements, including vitamins, each day. Recommendations on what to take can be found everywhere from commercials to social media influencers. However, without careful consideration, dietary supplements can put patients at risk for serious adverse events.

Ed Wyszumiala

Global Health

// October 07, 2022

Tackling medicine supply shortages starting with their ingredients ...

How to secure upstream pharmaceutical supply chain risks with data and advanced technologies to increase access to quality medical products for patients

Gersande Chavez

Supply Chain

// October 06, 2022

World Standards Day: Celebrating the Role of Standards In a Strong Medicines Supply C...

World standards day (WSD) is celebrated in October each year to recognize the thousands of scientists and other experts around the world who develop standards that impact every aspect of our daily lives.

Rob Anderson

Storage and Transportation of Pharmaceuticals in Brazil

Supply Chain

// September 23, 2022

Storage and Transportation of Pharmaceuticals in Brazil: Overview of regulations and ...

Proper storage and transportation of finished drug products is critical to activities in an integrated supply chain.

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Medicines

// September 23, 2022

4 Drivers of Childhood Cancer Treatment Supply Chain Vulnerability ...

Persistent and long-lasting shortages of childhood cancer treatments undermine the advancements in science that have helped to increase childhood cancer survival rates to 85 percent.

Matthew Christian