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Medicines

// November 11, 2022

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

Revised on: January 17, 2023

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 ...

Revised on: January 17, 2023

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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Medicines

// June 22, 2022

Avoid product recalls - Know your impurities

Impurities are any components that are not active ingredients or excipients, and that can compromise quality in a drug substance or product. Pharmaceutical impurities can be classified as organic or inorganic and include residual solvents. The presence of impurities results from manufacturing and degradation processes.

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Supply Chain

// June 09, 2022

Pharmaceutical continuous manufacturing: What drug makers need to know...

Pharmaceutical continuous manufacturing (PCM) technology has gained increased attention from industry and policymakers as one way to help expand domestic manufacturing of essential medicines

Ron Piervincenzi, Ph.D.

USP Leadership

// June 07, 2022

Volunteer Spotlight: USP Beal Award winner shares perspective on making a difference ...

This spring, long-time USP volunteer Dennis Gorecki, Ph.D., became the latest recipient of USP’s signature Beal Award for outstanding contributions to public health while serving as a USP volunteer.

Jaap Venema

antimicrobial resistance and supply chain

Medicines

// May 24, 2022

Supply chain vulnerabilities exist for antimicrobial medicines: USP Medicine Supply M...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the top global health threats. USP's latest analysis shows both an increased risk of shortages for some types of antimicrobials and the geographic concentration of facilities with active Drug Master Files (DMFs) for antimicrobials.

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Global Health

// May 19, 2022

Fighting maternal mortality: How standards keep new moms safe...

Millions of mothers and infants continue to die from complications associated with pregnancy and childbirth annually, with sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia accounting for the most (86%) maternal deaths. Several medicines are available to treat life-threatening conditions that can develop during childbirth.