Description: The aim is to
improve people’s health around the world
The US Pharmacopoeia
Introduction
The
United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is a non–governmental, not for profit, public
standards–setting authority founded in 1820 for prescription and over–the–counter
medicines and other healthcare products that are manufactured or sold in the
United States.
USP
also sets standards for food ingredients and dietary supplements which are
widely recognized all over the world.
The standards are set to ensure quality, purity, strength, and
consistency of the products which is critical to the public health.
USP Mission
To
improve the health of people around the world through public standards and
related programs that help ensure the quality, safety, and benefit of medicines
and foods.
USP Programs and Services
USP
carries out the following programs and services
1. Product Quality–Documentary
Standards
These are written
standards for medicines, dietary supplements and food ingredients. These are
used by regulatory agencies and manufacturers to ensure that their products
meet the appropriate requirements of quality, purity, consistency and strength.
2. Setting product Quality–Reference Standards
The written
standards work as reference standards for manufacturers and regulatory
agencies. By federal law, certain prescription and over-the-counter medicines
available in the United States must meet USP public standards.
3. Provides standards for healthcare
quality and safety
The FCC is a
compendium of standards used for determining, verifying and standardizing
quality and purity of food ingredients like preservatives, flavorings,
colorings and nutrients all over the world. These standards for food ingredients
were formulated by USP.
4. Promotes the Quality of
Medicines Program
This
program focuses on improving the quality of medicines intended to treat HIV,
malaria and tuberculosis and growth of drug-resistant strains of these
diseases.
5. Provides Product Quality–Verification
Services
Performs
testing and audit programs for dietary supplement products and ingredients.
Products that meet the requirements of the program can display the USP Verified
Dietary Supplement Mark on their labels. The products that meet the USP
standards can display USP mark which means that they meet the USP standards;
these are not necessarily verified by USP.
6. Provides Education on quality,
purity, strength and consistency of products that can be achieved by adhering
to the standards.
7. Promoting Drug Quality in
Developing Countries
Information
relating to various aspects of drug use is provided to practitioners,
pharmacists, and others healthcare decision making authorities.
8. International co-operation and
standardization
Promotes international
co-operation and standardization in order to enhance purity, quality, strength
and consistency of over-the-counter medication, dietary supplements, and food
ingredients.
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