What is the link between FDA and US Pharmacopeia?

[Gilberto]

FDA and USP-pharmacy
It would like to know which is the existing linking between FDA and the USP-pharmacy.

The USP-pharmacy is controlled for the FDA also ?

or other information please !!!

Tks

Giba´s

[Jim Wynne]

Originally Posted by Gilberto

FDA and USP-pharmacy
It would like to know which is the existing linking between FDA and the USP-pharmacy.

The USP-pharmacy is controlled for the FDA also ?

or other information please !!!

Tks

Giba´s

According to the USP Website,

The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is the official public standards-setting authority for all prescription and over-the-counter medicines, dietary supplements, and other healthcare products manufactured and sold in the United States. USP sets standards for the quality of these products and works with healthcare providers to help them reach the standards. USP's standards are also recognized and used in more than 130 countries. These standards have been helping to ensure good pharmaceutical care for people throughout the world for more than 185 years.

USP is an independent, science-based public health organization. As a self-sustaining nonprofit organization, USP is funded through revenues from the sale of products and services that help to ensure good pharmaceutical care. USP's contributions to public health are enriched by the participation and oversight of volunteers representing pharmacy, medicine, and other healthcare professions as well as academia, government, the pharmaceutical industry, health plans, and consumer organizations.

(Emphasis added.)

[Al Rosen]

Originally Posted by Gilberto

FDA and USP-pharmacy
It would like to know which is the existing linking between FDA and the USP-pharmacy.

The USP-pharmacy is controlled for the FDA also ?

or other information please !!!

Tks

Giba´s

The USP is a non government standards developing body and the FDA is a government agency.

[Ajit Basrur]

The FDA and the USP have a long relationship of nearly 100 years, since the 1906 Food and Drugs Act and 1938 Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Another point to be noted is both the FDA and USP are committed to protecting and promoting the public health.

Read the speech given by Jane E. Henney, ex - Commissioner of Food and Drugs during the USP function in Washington in year 2000 - http://www.fda.gov/oc/speeches/2000/...nial41500.html
that mentions further on this relationship.