nonprofit founded 1820 headquarters rockville maryland usa key people ronald t. piervincenzi chief executive officer 1 website www.usp.org the united states pharmacopeia usp is a pharmacopeia compendium of drug information for the united states published annually by the united states pharmacopoeial convention usually also called the usp a nonprofit organization that owns the trademark and copyright . the usp is published in a combined volume with the national formulary a formulary as the usp nf . 2 if a drug ingredient or drug product has an applicable usp quality standard in the form of a usp nf monograph it must conform in order to use the designation usp or nf . drugs subject to usp standards include both human drugs prescription over the counter or otherwise as well as animal drugs . usp nf standards also have a role in u.s. federal law ; a drug or drug ingredient with a name recognized in usp nf is deemed adulterated if it does not satisfy compendial standards for strength quality or purity . usp also sets standards for dietary supplements and food ingredients as part of the food chemicals codex . usp has no role in enforcing its standards ; enforcement is the responsibility of fda and other government authorities in the u.s. and elsewhere . contents 1 product quality standards and verification 2 healthcare information 3 promoting the quality of medicines program 4 international agreements and offices 5 see also 6 references 7 external links product quality standards and verification edit usp establishes written documentary and physical reference standards for medicines food ingredients dietary supplement products and ingredients . these standards are used by regulatory agencies and manufacturers to help to ensure that these products are of the appropriate identity as well as strength quality purity and consistency . prescription and over the counter medicines available in the united states must by federal law meet usp nf public standards where such standards exist . many other countries use the usp nf instead of issuing their own pharmacopeia or to supplement their government pharmacopeia . usp s standards for food ingredients can be found in its food chemicals codex fcc . the fcc is a compendium of standards used internationally for the quality and purity of food ingredients like preservatives flavorings colorings and nutrients . while the fcc is recognized in law in countries like australia canada and new zealand it currently does not have statutory recognition in the united states although fcc standards are incorporated by reference in over 200 fda food regulations . 3 usp obtained the fcc from the institute of medicine in 2006 . the iom had published the first five editions of the fcc . usp also conducts verification programs for dietary supplement products and ingredients . these are testing and audit programs . products that meet the requirements of the program can display the usp verified dietary supplement mark on their labels . 4 this is different from seeing the letters usp alone on a dietary supplement label which means that the manufacturer is claiming to adhere to usp standards . usp does not test such products as it does with usp verified products . healthcare information edit congress authorized the secretary of hhs to request usp to develop a drug classification system that medicare prescription drug benefit plans may use to develop their formularies 5 and to revise such classification from time to time to reflect changes in therapeutic uses covered by part d drugs and the addition of new covered part d drugs . usp has developed six versions of the model guidelines the last issued early in 2014 for the 2015 2017 benefit years . 6 promoting the quality of medicines program edit since 1992 usp has worked cooperatively with the united states agency for international development usaid to help developing countries address critical issues related to poor quality medicines . this partnership operated as the drug quality and information dqi program until 2009 when to better meet growing global needs usaid awarded usp a five year 35 million cooperative agreement to establish a new expanded program promoting the quality of medicines pqm . 7 in 2013 usaid extended the pqm program for five years through september 2019 increased its funding to 110 million and expanded the geographical reach of the program . 8 pqm serves as a primary mechanism to help usaid supported countries strengthen their quality assurance and quality control systems to better ensure the quality of medicines that reach patients . pqm has four key objectives 9 strengthen quality assurance qa and quality control qc systems increase the supply of quality assured medicines combat the availability of substandard and counterfeit medicines provide technical leadership and global advocacy usp usaid collaborative efforts have helped communities improve drug quality in more than 35 countries . pqm currently works in africa asia europe eurasia and the caribbean latin america . international agreements and offices edit usp works internationally largely through agreements with other pharmacopeias as well as regulatory bodies manufacturer associations and others . in recent years usp signed a series of memoranda of understanding mou with groups including the chinese pharmacopoeia commission nine countries belonging to the association of southeast asian nations asean and the federal service on surveillance in healthcare and social development of the russian federation roszdravnadzor . usp also operates an international office in switzerland and offices and laboratories in brazil india and china . in november 2014 a delegation from global lifesci development corporation as part of montgomery county s business visit to india visited us pharmacopeial convention at ikp knowledge park at hyderabad in india . 10 see also edit british pharmacopoeia european pharmacopoeia national formulary the international pharmacopoeia food and drug administration genome valley pharmacopoeia pill splitting for a discussion of usp standards concerning uniformity of dosage references edit 1 national formulary . medicinenet . retrieved 2015 12 11 . federal register food additive regulations ; incorporation by reference of the food chemicals codex 7th edition . www.federalregister.gov . retrieved 2015 12 11 . are dietary supplements dangerous consumer reports . www.consumerreports.org . retrieved 2015 12 11 . united states pharmacopeia usp . medicare prescription drug benefit model guidelines source information . www.nlm.nih.gov . retrieved 2015 12 11 . webadmin . part d model guidelines updated far too infrequently . managed care magazine online . retrieved 2015 12 11 . how to curb fake food drug products in nigeria by pqm . www.ngrguardiannews.com . retrieved 2015 12 11 . usaid extends usp s promoting the quality of medicines pqm programme express pharma online . archivepharma.financialexpress.com . retrieved 2015 12 11 . promoting the quality of medicines pqm . www.usp.org . retrieved 2015 12 11 . kenqom communications services marketing pr communications & content marketing agency chat with jonathan genn evp global lifesci development corp. montgomery county . kenqom.blogspot.in . retrieved 2015 12 11 . external links edit official website medicines compendium retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title united states pharmacopeia & oldid 741895367 categories pharmacopoeiasrockville marylandamerican medical researchlaboratories in the united stateshidden categories united states articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools 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