United States Pharmacopeia | USP

• The USP-NF is a combination of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and the National Formulary (NF) and describes quality standards for medicines, outlines analysis methods, and explains terminologies.
• The USPs were established by law as official benchmarks for quality.
• USP rules are enforced by the FDA and other U.S. agencies.
• There are also quality standards for pharmaceutical packaging in the USP-NF. On the one hand, existing standards are referenced and, on the other hand, test methods with limit values are described.

For the medical and pharmaceutical industries, ZwickRoell offers a comprehensive product portfolio that takes into account the legal framework and applicable standards and regulations, not only in development and production but also in the packaging of medical and pharmaceutical products.

An excerpt of important application descriptions in the field of medicine and pharmaceuticals according to ISO and ASTM standards can be found in our comprehensive web pages on medical and the pharmaceutical industry.

For better orientation for pharmacists, who are not guided as much by normative standards but rather by USP standards, we have provided below an initial comparison of important applications with the corresponding USP chapters in the United States Pharmacopeia. We are committed to expanding and updating this on an ongoing basis.