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// March 16, 2021

Quality Raw Materials & Collaboration Essential to mAb COVID-19 Treatment Access in L...

Access to quality raw materials and increased stakeholder collaboration are needed to help ensure availability of monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatments for COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Fouad Atouf, Ph.D.

Ensuring quality COVID-19 vaccine delivery through the ‘last mile’

Medicines

// January 07, 2021

Ensuring quality COVID-19 vaccine delivery through the ‘last mile’...

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges around the world, including to national public health systems and the international biopharmaceutical industry.

Jaap Venema

Medicines

// November 02, 2020

Ignore the politics. Trust the science.

Recent politicization of the COVID-19 vaccine development and approval process has led to a concerning loss of confidence in vital governmental institutions. Each day that goes by, the picture seems to grow darker. Politicians criticize scientists without cause.

Anthony Lakavage, J.D.

Medicines

// March 16, 2021

Quality Raw Materials & Collaboration Essential to mAb COVID-19 Treatment Access in L...

Fouad Atouf, Ph.D.

Medicines

// February 02, 2021

Are my medicines at risk of a shortage?

Consumers in the United States often have access to a lot of information about the products they use and consume. Many products include information about the country of origin.

Vimala Raghavendran Zhengrong Ma

Glycosylation in monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19

Medicines

// September 17, 2020

Glycosylation in monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19...

COVID-19 is transforming our ways of thinking about the development, manufacture and delivery of critical medicines to patients around the world.

Annu Uppal, Ph.D. Jingzhong (Tim) Guo, Ph.D.

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// May 24, 2018

Quality Medicines for Malaria

Marie Lamy with Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance discusses how one country is tackling drug resistance in order to eradicate Malaria.

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Poor quality medicines and drug resistance

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// May 24, 2018

Poor quality medicines and drug resistance

Harvard professor and physician Ashish Jha describes how poor quality medicines create the perfect opportunity for superbugs.

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Quality medicines and sub-Saharan Africa

Global Health

// May 24, 2018

Quality medicines and sub-Saharan Africa

Global health advocate Mirfin Moundu talks about the dangers of poor quality medicines and how they are a threat to many Africans in treating infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases.

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From the Field: USP Vaccine Handling Toolkit Is Shot In The Arm For Administration Effort

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// March 11, 2021

From the Field: USP Vaccine Handling Toolkit Is Shot In The Arm For Administration E...

USP’s recently released COVID-19 Vaccine Handling Toolkit is helping to fill critical operational efficiency gaps that practice settings have identified in vaccine administration.

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// November 13, 2020

Breeding a superbug: how poor-quality medicines fuel AMR...

Another public health crisis looms in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Role of Standards in Supporting Quality Vaccines Manufacturing and Distribution

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// July 30, 2020

The Role of Standards in Supporting Quality Vaccines Manufacturing and Distribution...

The scale and speed of the global vaccine research and development effort in response to COVID-19 is unprecedented.

John Kokai-Kun, Ph.D.

Accelerating Development and Building Trust in COVID-19 Vaccines With Public Quality Standards Jaap Venema, Ph.D., USP Chief Science Officer

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// July 09, 2020

Accelerating Development and Building Trust in COVID-19 Vaccines With Public Quality ...

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// July 07, 2020

USP Convenes Global Biologics Summit to Identify Challenges to Quality Biologics Medi...

U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) brought together preeminent thought leaders from industry, global health organizations, regulatory agencies, standards setting organizations and other stakeholders at its virtual Global Biologics Summit on June 11, 2020.

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Quality standards for efficiency in drug development and manufacturing

Medicines

// June 30, 2020

Quality standards for efficiency in drug development and manufacturing...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have become acutely aware of how precious time is and the potential repercussions of delays or inefficiencies.

Fouad Atouf, Ph.D.

Learn how last-mile manufacturing of #COVID19vaccines could help promote health security in Africa.… https://t.co/di4TwkLxGg

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It’s National Stroke Awareness Month. USP standards for medicines for #stroke and cardiovascular diseases help incr… https://t.co/b8R4Xlrgu1

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Our CEO @RonPiervincenzi discusses USP history, the role of the #pharmacist, & USP’s outlook on the future of pharm… https://t.co/zwfyp6gsoG

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More than 1.37 billion #COVID19vaccine doses have been administered, but low-income countries have received less th… https://t.co/fUKtD7GyHM

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Are #DigitalTherapeutics changing the healthcare landscape? Should patients trust them? Peter Hames, Big Health cof… https://t.co/SfE8MihETh

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To help get more #COVID19 #vaccine shots in arms, our new guide assists healthcare practitioners to consistently ma… https://t.co/OcH6INqeLz

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Is #GeneEditing ethical? Bioethicist Dr. S. Matthew Liao (@smatthewliao) shares how #geneticengineering could shape… https://t.co/sDOeP5ZheO

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Happy #InternationalNursesDay. Thank you nurses for your incredible work during #COVID19 and dedication to… https://t.co/6x1Yn9PMHH

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India’s Medopharm Private Ltd is the 2nd manufacturer of praziquantel 600mg film-coated tablets to get WHO prequali… https://t.co/790iRw2BRY

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#COVID19vaccines: Despite great strides in vaccination efforts worldwide, many low- and middle-income countries are… https://t.co/I5gm9kor7k

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We continue to monitor the #globalsupplychain & the evolving situation in India. @SireeshaYadlap1, Gen Mgr for USP… https://t.co/SeDLWqctDy

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Are #DigitalTherapeutics changing the healthcare landscape? Should patients trust them? Peter Hames, Big Health cof… https://t.co/UN99Imppdy

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OUT NOW: Producing #COVID19vaccines locally could help make vaccines more readily available in Africa and improve h… https://t.co/eZO10SRm5Z

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Sr. officials from #Pakistan’s provincial health depts, AJK region, @DRA_Pakistan & @USAIDGH’s PQM+ program develop… https://t.co/ZayEtpZJGu

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#PrecisionMedicine is changing cancer treatment. @OlarisBoR Founder and CEO Dr. Elizabeth O'Day (@Lizzard0126) look… https://t.co/XzXy4DB0Qs

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We’re helping healthcare practitioners build trust in quality #COVID19 vaccines through our standards and the USP C… https://t.co/uoUSBtpizK

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COVID-19 #vaccines will bring us closer. USP provides strategies to help healthcare practitioners get more shots in… https://t.co/aBkqbcWOby

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With support from @USAIDGH’s PQM+ program, India’s Medopharm Private Limited has achieved @WHO prequalification fo… https://t.co/GTCbjzDAlN

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Misinformation is a huge threat to #vaccines. How do we build #TrustInMedicine? MIT's @AdamBerinsky discusses under… https://t.co/cXM3CAsUyn

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It’s #WorldImmunizationWeek and we’re celebrating w/ @WHO. USP’s #COVID19 #Vaccine Handling Toolkit is helping heal… https://t.co/MJY9EJcwgj

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Identity, purity & strength are vital to #medicinequality. @JaapVenema_USP explains how standards build trust in me… https://t.co/2vTKugMiCj

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For #WorldImmunizationWeek we spoke with @Pharmacy_Times about working with pharmacists to create our #COVID19 Vacc… https://t.co/5lQ2Ek6W4v

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With @PMIgov support, PQM+ built the capacity of a #Nigerian manufacturer to produce enough quality-assured sulfado… https://t.co/PMZt0wfFTw

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The 1820 U.S. Pharmacopeia included instructions to make quinine from tree bark to treat #malaria. Find modern USP… https://t.co/PyIKu0zYOP

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USP quality standards aid in the manufacture of quality medicine to treat and prevent #malaria. Learn more at USP T… https://t.co/76AAOWUX0Z

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