PHARMACOPEIAL EDUCATION
COURSES AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE
LEARN OFFICIAL STANDARDS AND METHODS FROM THE EXPERTS
uSP Pharmacopeial Education courses offer professionals in the pharmaceutical and allied industries an
opportunity to learn the essentials of using official standards to their best advantage. All courses are developed
and delivered by uSP experts who help to establish the standards.
USP PHARMACOPEIAL EDUCATION EQUIPS YOU WITH
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Expertise in applying official methods for quality control, product release testing, and regulatory compliance
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An understanding of how you can participate in developing standards
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updates on current issues related to standards development
CONVENIENT ON-DEMAND ONLINE AND CLASSROOM FORMATS!
NEW On-demand Online: uSP’s on-demand courses are 60–90-minute webcasts designed with your
scheduling and budget needs in mind. These modules are available 24 hours, 7 days a week, via a computer
with broadband connection, and cover a wide range of standards-based courses critical to performing your job.
you have the flexibility to subscribe to a series or a single webcast—allowing you to control the breadth and the
topics you would like to learn about. uSP experts are also available to answer your questions via email.
Classroom: Our traditional classroom courses are offered regionally around the world. Led by uSP experts,
the classroom setting allows you to interact, in person, with colleagues and uSP experts; learn in a structured,
focused setting; and, in selected courses, perform guided, hands-on laboratory techniques. Classroom
instruction can be tailored to your specific needs and delivered at a location of your choosing.
GENERAL COURSES
Advanced Dissolution
In-depth instruction on uSP dissolution and drug
release tests. Covers in vitro performance testing,
drug characteristics, data and instrument qualification
to establish the quality and safety of many different
dosage forms.
INTENDED FOR: Scientists, chemists, and laboratory
technicians who perform dissolution testing; quality
control staff; and product development professionals
who review dissolution data.
FORMAT(S)/DURATION: Classroom ( 2 days)
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Importance of dissolution testing
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Development of dissolution and drug release
testing methods
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Data quality and analytical instrument qualification
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Validation of dissolution and drug release methods
cGMP: A Quality Systems
Approach for APIs
Builds upon GmP practices by incorporating a quality
Systems Approach and uSP expertise, resulting in
time and money saved and decreased risk of FDA
non-compliance.
INTENDED FOR: Plant line managers; operational
managers; and systems qA, qC, and development
within mature API manufacturing plants.
FORMAT: Classroom ( 1 day)
TOPICS:
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How to implement a quality Systems Approach to
the good manufacturing practice of APIs
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A systems view of pharmaceutical
manufacturing
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FDA and other regulatory requirements
for subsystems
Register now for upcoming courses! See course listings on page 17; visit www.usp.org/education; contact
+1-301-881-0666, 1-800-227-8772 (U.S. and Canada), or 00-800-4875-5555 (Europe); or email PharmEd@usp.org.
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