Impurities
Avoid product recalls - Know your impurities
Nitrosamine impurities in medicines: what’s the risk?...
In simple terms, risk is the possibility of something bad happening. It’s the uncertainty around the consequences of an activity with respect to something that we value.
Pharmaceuticals, printers and paintballs: when variability in excipient quality is an...
Regardless of whether it’s prescription or over-the-counter, the ingredients on a drug product label typically include one, maybe two, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). The rest of the list is comprised of “inactive” ingredients (excipients) which in reality are far from inactive. Variability may be acceptable for products such as printer ink and paintballs, but not pharmaceuticals, making quality standards for excipients critical to ensuring consistent drug quality.
USP Reference Standards: 5 Tools You Should Know About...
Discover convenient tools and helpful tips related to using USP Reference Standards in your work. USP Reference Standards are intended for quality control use in conducting assays and tests in USP’s documentary standards for drugs, dietary supplements, and foods.
The Importance of Volunteering
Dr. Greg Amidon, member of USP’s Council of Experts Nominating Committee and President-Elect of AAPS, discusses the importance of volunteering.
What’s USP’s Role in Helping Ensure Food Ingredients Safety?...
With the debate about the safety of food additives recently revived in the media, proper identification of the additives themselves is an aspect of food safety often forgotten. It is assumed food ingredients are well known before safety assessments are performed, but that might not be always true.
The Cost of Poor Quality Medicine and Foods
Here in the United States, we enjoy one of the safest drug and food supplies in the world. It is a huge accomplishment, and the result of a vast safety net created by the coordinated efforts of multiple government agencies, health organizations, industry and non-profits. This article explains the role they play in ensuring that drug, drug ingredients, dietary supplements and food ingredients sold in the U.S. can be safely consumed.
Shedding Light on Impurities in Medicines
What are medicine impurities and from where do they come? Identifying and describing impurities is a critical safety issue concerning manufacturers, regulators, and patients. This post describes the types of impurities found in medicines and how they may impact drug quality.