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Gabriel Giancaspro

Vice President of Science for Dietary Supplements & Herbal Medicine
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Dr. Giancaspro is the Vice President, Science—Dietary Supplements and Herbal Medicines, for USP. His department provides staff support to Expert Committees responsible for setting USP’s standards for dietary supplements, herbal medicines, and food ingredients.

Previously, he was the Director for Dietary Supplements in the Documentary Standards Division at USP responsible for the development of monographs and general chapters for botanical and non-botanical dietary supplements, safety evaluations, performance standards, and the publication of the USP Dietary Supplements Compendium.

Before joining USP, Dr. Giancaspro's teaching and research experience included medicinal chemistry, drug analysis, and drug stability at the Pharmacy School at the University of Buenos Aires. He also has extensive industrial experience as the former Technical Director of Rigecin, Schwabe-Argentina and Kampel-Martian, in charge of Regulatory Affairs, Analytical Research and Development, and Quality Control of parenterals, herbal medicines, and oncological medicines.

Dr. Giancaspro holds a Pharmacist degree and a Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences (medicinal chemistry) from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Dietary Supplements
 // February 20, 2015

What It Means To Be in Compliance with USP’s Standards for Herbal Supplements

The quality of herbal supplements has been the subject of an ongoing

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Gabriel Giancaspro
Dietary Supplements
 // October 28, 2014

Think Twice Before Consuming Herbal Products

Herbal products, many times referred to as botanicals, have become increasingly popular in the Un

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Gabriel Giancaspro
Herbal health products
Dietary Supplements
 // September 16, 2014

Dietary Supplements – International Regulators Respond to a New and Growing Industry

Before the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) defined dietary supplements as a s

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Gabriel Giancaspro
Regulators respond to a changing dietary supplement industry

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