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Home » USP Supports Use of Crab-Derived Reagents for Drug Tests
USP Supports Use of Crab-Derived Reagents for Drug Tests
After a lengthy review, the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) has decided to continue recommending the use of decades-old reagents derived from horseshoe crab blood for detecting endotoxins in drugs rather than press for the use of new synthetic substitutes.