Excipients

Because they comprise up to 90% of medications, the quality of inactive ingredients (excipients) is critical for a drug to be safe and effective. Our documentary standards provide the appropriate, validated test procedures to establish the identity, purity and quality of excipients, while our reference standards are authentic specimens that have been approved as suitable for use as comparison standards in USP or NF tests and assays. At every step, we're protecting the public's health by helping to prevent poor-quality medication from entering the marketplace.

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Excipient Standards Catalog

Excipient Standards Catalog

USP offers more than 350 expert curated and highly characterized Reference Standards. Explore excipients you can trust.

 

3rd LNP Summit , April 29 - May 1

Meet our team at LNP and join Dr. Sheehan's talk on our LNP solution approaches. 

LG polymer solutions

Want robust methods for LG polymer characterization? Explore our solutions.

Excipient World, May 13 - 15

Stop by our booth #107 to explore USP’s work supporting excipient quality and development.  

Novel excipients hub

Want updates on USP’s work on novel excipients? Plus, share your top novel excipient challenges with us.

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