The U.S. Pharmacopeia's Annual Scientific Meeting Focuses On Quality Of Medicines, Quality Of Care

Main Category: Public Health
Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry;  Biology / Biochemistry
Article Date: 19 Aug 2007 - 3:00 PDT

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The U.S. Pharmacopeia's (USP) Annual Scientific Meeting will feature important information on USP's approach to quality of manufactured medicines, quality of care and international health -- and the standards USP is implementing. The meeting will be held September 25-27, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Tampa, in Tampa, Fla.

The meeting is a must-attend for USP-NF and USP Reference Standards users, academia and association representatives, compendial affairs personnel, government representatives, healthcare practitioners, lab supervisors, research and development personnel, statisticians, technical consultants, quality control personnel, and scientists focusing on analytical validation and excipients, biologics and biotechnology, chemistry, impurities and medication/patient safety.

Attendees of the meeting will engage in discussions that will help establish standards, set priorities and shape USP quality requirements for the future; learn how USP standards for quality of medicines, quality of care and international health will affect their organizations and their work; and interact with USP's scientific staff, Council of Experts and scientific colleagues.

The meeting will include five tracks:

* Track I -- Quality of Manufactured Medicines: Monographs and Reference Standards

* Track II -- Quality of Manufactured Medicines: General Chapters and Performance Testing

* Track III -- Quality of Manufactured Medicines: Biologics and Biotechnology

* Track IV -- Quality of Care

* Track V -- International Health

The meeting will also host the pharmacopeial education courses "Effectively Using the USP-NF" and "Essentials of USP Microbiological Testing," as well as networking opportunities including a golf tournament.

Selected portions of the meeting have been approved for a maximum of 8 hours of continuing education. For a detailed agenda, more information on sessions and to register, visit http://www.usp.org/meetings/asMeeting/.

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The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is a private, non-profit, standards-setting organization that advances public health by ensuring the quality and consistency of medicines, promoting the safe and proper use of medications, and verifying ingredients in dietary supplements. These standards, which are recognized worldwide, are developed by a unique process of public involvement through the contributions of volunteers representing pharmacy, medicine, and other health care professions, as well as science, academia, government, the pharmaceutical industry, and consumer organizations. For more information about USP and its four public health programs, visit http://www.usp.org/newscenter. FY0804

Source: Sandra Kim
US Pharmacopeia

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