USP helps expand worldwide access to key tuberculosis drugs

Rockville, Md., June 10, 2014 — The US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is pleased to announce that with the assistance of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funded Promoting the Quality of Medicines (PQM) program, the first Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) for injectables used in the treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis has been assessed by the World Health Organization and given prequalification status. The prequalification of Capreomycin, the first “second line” anti-tuberculosis API for injectables to achieve this status, is a significant development in the global fight against one of the world’s most prevalent and deadly diseases.