USP standards build trust in biologics and biosimilars ...
The field of biologics is vast and growing, with tremendous potential to improve patients’ lives and public health.
Biologic medicines – “biologics” for short. You’ve probably seen commercials for some of them on TV. Maybe you or someone you know is even taking one. But what exactly are they? And what about “biosimilars” ? You might also be wondering whether they’re safe and effective.
The emergence of COVID-19 almost five years ago forced us all to face the realities of containing and mitigating a highly transmissible, deadly pandemic.
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.
USP’s popular peptide workshop is back for a third year. Here’s what you can expect.
The American drug supply is among the safest in the world, with many protections for consumers and patients. However, a pending proposal in Congress would remove key protections for all biologic drugs—crucial and lifesaving medicines we take like insulin, human growth hormones, and blood thinners. Learn more.
Legislation being considered by Congress will remove the requirement that all biologic medicines – drugs such as insulin, vaccines, cancer treatments and other therapies made using living matter – comply with public quality standards of the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP). This same legislation would also apply to biosimilars. As a result, public confidence in biologics and biosimilars as well as patient safety would be at risk. Learn more.
For a hundred years, federal law has required that all drugs adhere to public quality standards—part of ensuring safety and protecting the public’s health. Language that would exempt biologics, including biosimilars, from adhering to the same public quality standards as other prescription medicines was recently added to the FDA and NIH Workforce Authorities Modernization Act. Learn about the potential impact this biologics quality exemption may have on competition, product development, and the public's confidence in biologics and biosimilars.
Learn about and view the new suite of physical and written standards that USP is developing to help biologics manufacturers develop and analyze therapeutic proteins. New general chapters address analytical procedures for monoclonal antibodies, oligosaccharides, and protein determination.