May 15 | Articles
A product recall is problematic for any manufacturer. In the last year alone, recalls of pharmaceutical and health-related products have included baby lotions, parenteral nutrition products, nasal decongestant sprays and alcohol swabs used in preparation for patient injections—all resulting from microbial contamination.
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Sep 15 2011 | Video
The FDA's Dr. Janet Woodcock talks about the joint efforts by FDA, USP, and manufacturers to improve and secure the quality of these consumer products.
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Oct 21 2010 | Video
FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg discusses the role that quality standards play in helping to secure the drug and food supplies; the globalization of these industries; and the FDA-USP partnership.
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Oct 20 2010 | Articles
The
quality and safety of the U.S. (and international) drug supply has garnered
much attention over the past year. Whether it is quality control problems in
popular medications, heists resulting in stolen pharmaceuticals, substandard,
adulterated, or counterfeit drugs being sold in developing countries (and even
in developed nations), the industry has faced a barrage of negative headlines.
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Oct 19 2010 | Video
Dr. Roger L. Williams, USP chief executive officer, offers his thoughts on why public standards for medicines and foods are so critical; USP's process for developing standards; USP's close cooperative relationship with FDA; and the future of standards.
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May 11 2010 | News
To promote the establishment of universal standards for prescription medication labels -- and to address the widespread problem of patient misinterpretation of medication instructions -- an advisory panel formed by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) recently issued a set of recommendations to bring consistency to labeling on dispensed prescription packaging.
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Feb 8 2010 | News
The first results from a large-scale study of key antimalarial medicines in ten Sub-Saharan African countries reveal that a high percentage of medicines circulating on national markets are of substandard quality
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Dec 22 2009 | News
Teva Animal Health, Inc. is expanding a nationwide voluntary recall of Ketamine Hydrochloride Injection, USP CIII 100mg/mL in 10mL vials for all lot numbers within their expiration dates to the Veterinary Level.
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Dec 8 2009 | News
Eli Lilly and Company today announced the availability of a smaller insulin vial, the first in the United States containing 3 mL (300 units) of insulin, for people with diabetes being treated in a hospital.
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Nov 24 2009 | News
To help prevent medication errors that can occur in busy clinical settings, the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is posting a proposed revised standard for what should—and what should not—appear on the ferrules and cap overseals of medications vials.
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